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- Title
Specificities of clinical teaching: student assessment of teachers’ competencies.
- Authors
Grgasović, Tina; Pavlić, Sanja Dević; Pereza, Nina
- Abstract
Background: In light of recent extensive efforts to improve the quality of teaching at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, comprehensive research was conducted for the first time on students of the last three years of Medical studies to determine the current state of teachers’ competencies in clinical teaching at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka. Aim: The main aim of this study was to investigate the medical students’ attitudes towards currently existing clinical teaching strategies and teachers’ competencies at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with 4th, 5th, and 6th year students of the Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Study Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, who voluntarily and anonymously completed an online questionnaire in the academic year 2021/22. The questionnaire consisted of 3 questions about the general characteristics of the respondents and 9 questions about the methodology and specificities of clinical teaching at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka. All questions on specificities of clinical teaching included grading from 1 to 5 on a Likert scale. Results: A total of 54 students from the last three years of study participated in answering the questionnaire. The average grade for all questions on the specificities of clinical teaching was 2.4. The highest grade of 3.7 was given for the question “To what extent is the scope of the course material too detailed or too specialized for medical students?”, while the lowest grade of 1.5 was given for the question “Do teachers assess the different levels of clinical competences in students at the beginning of courses?”. Conclusion: Considering the low average grade with which students answered all questions on the specifics of clinical teaching, this survey highlights the importance of continuous education for medical educators to improve teachers’ competencies, as well as the overall quality of the teaching process.
- Subjects
RIJEKA (Croatia); TEACHER competencies; STUDENT attitudes; MEDICAL teaching personnel; STUDENT teaching; CLINICAL competence
- Publication
Lijecnicki Vjesnik, 2023, Vol 145, p56
- ISSN
0024-3477
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26800/LV-145-supl3-4