Background and Objective: Evaluation of clinical competency of
medical students can give very useful information to the authorities for
setting educational aims according to student’s requirements and qualitative
promotion in the educational process. The present study has been evaluated the
clinical competency of fourth-year medical students.
Materials and Methods: This
cross-sectional study has been done in 2011 to assess clinical competence of
all the fourth-year students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences, that
all of them had passed the skills lab course. Data-gathering tool was a
questionnaire which assessed nine main competencies in medical students. All
data was analyzed by Chi-square and analysis variances by SPSS software.
Results: 68
students enrolled in the study with the mean age of 24-year old. In the field
of effective communication, 78% of students scored excellent. In the clinical
skills, applying sciences as guidelines in diagnosis and management of
patients, lifetime learning, self-awareness, socio-medical affairs and
understanding the role of a professional physician fields, result in 84% of the
students were average.Most of students had low scores only in the field of
ethical understanding and judgement. There was no significant relation in the
clinical competency of the different fields according to the age and sex.
Conclusion: Generally,
the students in our study reached a reasonable level of competence in
participating in clinical treatment.
Key words: Medical
students, Clinical competency, Competency-based education.
Funding:. This research was funded by Guilan University of Medical Sciences.
Conflict
of Interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee
of Guilan
University of Medical Sciences approved
the study.
How to cite this article: Soleymanha M, Jalali
MM, Mirblouk AR, Ahaki HR. Survey
of Clinical Competency in Fourth-year Medical Students of Guilan University of
Medical Sciences in 2011:A Short Report. 2012. J RafsanjanUniv Med Sci 2014 13(8): 731-36. [Farsi]
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