The Participant's Point of View about the First National Interdisciplinary Summer School regarding Achievement of Educational Objectives, Shiraz, Iran

The importance of considering general trainings of students and gaining updated knowledge together with curriculum overload and large volume of lessons especially in medicine necessitate presenting most of the students’ educational needs in form of short term courses. Hence, this study aimed to assess the participants’ point of view about the first national interdisciplinary summer school regarding achievement of educational objectives in Shiraz. In overall, 63 students from 13 universities of medical sciences participated in this course. The topics were divided into four major groups including medical education, medical ethics, management, ingenuity and creativity with their subgroups. They were discussed in 83 issues during 100 working hours using lectures and other active educational methods. According to the students’ point of view, the highest educational efficiency belonged to medical education and then, to ingenuity and creativity. More than 90% of executers mentioned that achieving educational objectives in each subgroup was very good or excellent. According to the evaluation, the mean score (±SD) of the program’s executers and lecturers was 18.97(±1.18) out of 20. Considering the effectiveness of this program, continuing such a program, allocating resources, and developing them should be noticed in all universities.