The assessment of the opinion of the anesthesia attendings, medical externs and interns regarding the educational objectives of anesthesia internship course

Introduction. The curriculum of every program is designed to achieve its goal. The educational objectives are the reflection of the students’ theoretical knowledge and the practical skills they have learnt during this period. The collection, the presentation and the evaluation of the program depend on the educational objectives. The anesthesia educational rotation has been conducted in Shiraz medical school since years ago. During this one month period the attention is paid to teach the principles of resuscitation, the management of the airway and very ill patients along with a generalized introduction of anesthesia specialty. In recent years, in order to upgrade the standards of medical education, a comprehensive program has been chalked out for all medical educational programs including 47 theoretical and practical items. Methods. This study evaluated the opinions of the teachers, the learners and the ones who have completed this rotation. The evaluated groups and their questionnaires were as follow I- Anesthesia attendings: Is teaching of this objective essential in anesthesia course? Do you personally participate in this teaching program? II- Medical students who recently passed anesthesia rotation: Do you consider the teaching of this aim necessary during your medical training? Do you think the anesthesia department is an appropriate place for this education? III- Interns who are presently working in pediatric and internal ward (They have passed anesthesia course): Have you gained this educational goal in anesthesia course? Are the educational gains sufficient to fulfill your medical responsibility? Results. The results revealed that the anesthesia attendings considered the teaching of all the educational aims essential but the medical students did not thinks some of them to be necessary. Both the groups intended to include some other educational goals for this course. Most of the medical students considered the anesthesia department to be the right place for achieving this end. Some of the interns who hd completed their anesthesia program and were working in pediatric and internal medicine departments had not learned the required training and considered their educational skills to be insufficient to meet their medical responsibilities. Conclusion. It may be concluded that in spite of the immense interest and participation of the anesthesia attendings in teaching, an overall review of the educational objectives of anesthesia teaching program seems necessary.