Abstract
Introduction: The study investigated the clinical evaluation of medical students during their internship from the perspectives of students and lecturers.
Materials & Methods: In this descriptive-cross-sectional study, 287 medical students during their internship and 130 lecturers of the Faculty of Medicine at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences were selected using convenience sampling. The data were collected through a questionnaire including demographic information of students and lecturers and questions related to the clinical evaluation of medical students. Then, the obtained data were analyzed through SPSS V.26 software.
Results: The majority of students considered the clinical evaluation inappropriate and disagreed with it. The average score of the students' opinion was lower than the average of the entire questionnaire and was equivalent to 2±0.83. The lecturers also disagreed with the current clinical evaluation method (using a logbook) and considered it inappropriate, so that their average scores in the survey questionnaire were 2.3±0.86. Also, an inverse and significant relationship was observed between the age and work experience of the lecturers (p=0.002 and p=0.047, respectively). In addition, lecturers with a specialty degree had the highest level of satisfaction with the clinical evaluation, and lecturers with a sub-specialty degree had the lowest level, which was statistically significant (p=0.020). The level of satisfaction with the clinical evaluation among younger students was significantly higher than that of older students (p=0.001). There was also a significant relationship between the students' educational level and the examination of the clinical evaluation status (p<0.001).
Conclusion: According to the findings, the use of the current method of evaluating the clinical status does not have the necessary acceptance among lecturers and students; therefore, it is necessary to make fundamental changes in this method and achieve a more accurate judgment of the clinical performance of students through other clinical evaluation methods.
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