Comparison between Health Care Management Students & Instructor's Point of View about Internship lessons in this major, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2006

Internship is an important and basic element in each field especially health care management. A great deal of student's knowledge is put into practice during this period. Evaluation of internship status is necessary for improving its quality. This study was performed to evaluate the health care management internship status in several aspects based on students and teacher's point of view.

In this descriptive-analytic study 102 health care management teachers and students from Isfahan University participated. The data was collected using a researcher made questionnaire, in which the general internship lessons status, learning process, learners, teachers, internship fields were included.

The mean given scores after evaluation by teachers and students were 39.36 (considered as good) and 28.06 (considered as moderate) respectively. The result of analysis showed that the weakest aspect of internship according to the student's point of view was internship fields (hospital and health care centers) with a mean score of 22.6 and the weakest point according to the teacher's point of view was about the learners (33.4). Teachers believed that the biggest problem was due to the transportation system (X =25) whereas students believed it to be due to lack of information by health care personnel about educational needs (X=18.43).

Internship lessons esp. in internship fields which were given the least score by attendants need more attention. In order to improve the situation of internship, it is recommended to provide more facilities during internship period and focus on familiarizing, briefing and attracting health care personnel.