The quality of physical examination by students of Yazd University of Medcial Sciences

Introduction. Evaluation of medical students has been usually restricted to evaluation of their medical information rather than their clinical skills . Meanwhile, perfect diagnosis and treatment of a medical illness is highly related to the quality of making therapeutic alliance and physical examination. This article is a trial study to investigate the quality of medical student's skill in performing physical examination. Methods. For this purpose , 114 students were evaluated by a checklist , while they were doing physical examinations on patients . Results and Conclusion. Results indicated that the clinical skills of students in physical examinations was directly related to their grades in the comprehensive basic and clinical sciences examinations and less attention is paid to parts such as extremities, vertebral column, skin, hair and neurological system .