Quality of Different Residency Programs in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2019: A Mixed Method Study

Clinical education is a good opportunity for students to test themselves in different areas, including knowledge, clinical skills, ethics, communication with patients, problem solving, and decision making. This will help them in getting prepared for future position. The present investigation aimed at studying the quality of different residency programs in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2019.

We conducted a combined study. In first phase a qualitative study using content analysis was performed and in second phase, a quantitative survey was carried out using a questionnaire. In quantitative phase, 140 assistants were selected from 15 educational groups via nonprobability sampling. The participants were asked to complete survey items with a five-point Likert scale. Graneheim and Lundman qualitative approach was used for content analysis and Goba and Lincoln criteria were used to assess the accuracy and robustness of the study.

According to findings, residentschr('39') satisfaction with welfare facilities, rest time on duty, educational justice, log book, skill lab, and responsibility assignment were 19.6%, 24.7%, 36%, 39.3%, 55.8%, and 54.5%, respectively. The respondents were satisfied with morning reports, morning and evening clinical rounds, evening grand rounds, and OSCE test (more than 75%).

This study showed that many educational programs are in a relatively unfavorable situation that should be among our intervention priorities.