Horizon of Medical Education Development

The Clinical Assessment Status of Medical Students During the Internship from the Perspectives of Students and Lecturers

10.22038/hmed.2025.89829.1547
Volume 17, Issue 2
Spring 2026
Pages 131-141
Horizon of Medical Education Development

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mehrab Kalantarian 1
Azadeh Soltanifar 2
Hasan Ghavami 3
Mostafa Amiri 3

1 Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

2 Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

3 Department of General Courses and English Language, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract
Introduction: Clinical evaluation of students in the internship of the general medicine program is of particular importance. Also, students and lecturers, as two important members involved in the education process, can impact the teaching-learning process regarding the quantity and quality of the evaluation process and its implementation. Therefore, the study investigated the clinical evaluation of medical students during their internship from the perspectives of students and lecturers.
Materials & Methods: In this 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 for students'' opinions (2±0.83) was lower than the average for the entire questionnaire. 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

Keywords

Clinical evaluation
General medicine
Internship
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