Negligence of the effectiveness of morning report

Morning report has been considered as an important educational tool and activity. In internal medicine، surgery، pediatrics، and obstetrics and gynecology departments of Urmia university of medical sciences morning report is conducted 5 to 6 times a week with the participation of students، interns and residents. However، nothing is known about its effectiveness. The aim of this study was to assess the degree of the learners’ satisfaction from the process of morning report. This study was a cross-sectional study which was conducted above-mentioned clinical departments. A 10-item questionnaire connected with different aspects of morning report process and one open question related with the views of the learners about the pitfalls and methods of improving morning report process was used. The students، interns and residents of each department after giving a written consent entered the study. The data of the questionnaire was divided into two groups of satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The answers to the open question were coded and grouped under the themes of the climate، implementation، format and content of morning report. In departments of internal medicine، surgery and pediatrics respectively، 18%، 16% and 48% of students were satisfied with the process of morning report. In These departments and obstetrics and gynecology departments respectively، 63%، 2%، 38% and 15% of the interns، and 51، 78%، 77% and 39% of the residents were satisfied with the process of morning report. The summary of the coded data from the open question is provided in table3. The results of the study showed that the learners were highly dissatisfied with the process of the morning report in the clinical departments involved in this study. In addition، the findings showed that there is a wide gap between the needs and expectations of the participants and what actually happens during the morning report sessions.