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Assessing Challenges of clinical education model in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Faculty member, Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

2 Faculty member, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of nursing and midwifery, Gonabad Uneversity of Medical Science, Gonabad, Iran

3 M.Sc. Student of Midwifery, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of nursing and midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

Identifying the challenges which exist in clinical education and along with setting to solve them will lead to improve the quality of medical care. Hence, this study was conducted to identify and assess the problems of clinical education model in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science. In this descriptive–analytic research which was carried out in 2015-2016 second semester, All the last year midwifery students (n=48) through questionnaires that included five factors; environmental (7 options), performance of clinical instructors (6 options), preclinical education (4 options), health care personnel (4 options), clinical evaluation (3 options) were evaluated and data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Also, with the nominal group technique which included all clinical educators (n=6), the most important challenges were determined. The weaknesses of clinical education from the viewpoint of students were indicated the lack of appropriate facilities, not belonging wage to midwifery students and the lack of ability to perform physiological vaginal delivery (100 percent). Moreover, from the viewpoints of Clinical educators were the lack of physical space and suitable facilities with 105 points, failing to provide feedback to the students along with practical work (70 points), Lack of coordination of training programs (60 points), the large number of midwifery students in each group(44 points) and disharmony of transportation service on holidays (30 points). Educational planners should continue to evaluate the challenges of clinical education and be adjusted to reinforce the strengths and also to moderate weaknesses of their efforts.

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Educational Development of Judishapur
Volume 9, Issue 1
January 2018
Pages 52-60
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