source of learning basic clinical skills by medical interns

background:     purpose:     methods:     results:     conclusion:     key words     journal of medical education summer   2004;5(2):59-61 our results warrant a more attentive approach to clinical skills (specially procedural skills) training all 250 interns who were eligible participated. over all 46.60% interns learned their clinical skills from residents or clinical teachers, 29.61% observed others performing the procedures, 16.25 learned the skills from hospital staff or nurses, 7.54% practiced their knowledge when confronted to an emergency situation in this cross sectional study, interns of tehran medical university who spent at least 12 months of their internship answered a questionnaire on the sources of clinical skills training. chi2 test was used to examine the association of source of learning and students,’ specification such as sex, score of pre –internship exam, and marital status. to identify the sources of clinical skills learning that medical student experience : learning resources , effective clinical teaching is a major objective in general practitioner’s education at medical schools.