Gholamali Dehghani, Mosa Piri,
Volume 7, Issue 14 (6-2014)
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Background & Objective: Considering the role of universities in specialist training, evaluation of education status and awareness of the weak and strong points in educational process, design and implementation of appropriate programs is necessary. The aim of this study was to compare academic achievement of present medical students with previous graduated ones from the viewpoint of faculty members of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013. The information was collected by a valid and reliable questionnaire that was completed by 140 eligible faculty members employed in medical faculty. The questionnaire was designed to compare educational status of present medical students with that of the previous graduated students. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and One-way ANOVA and Spearman Correlation coefficient.
Results: More than 50% of the faculty members stated that the medical students’ interest in attending in didactic classes, student responsibility, clinical skills, and medical professionalism is something between worse to much worse than before but students’ tendency to participate in specialty exams and to embark on research activities is something between better to much better. Moreover, most participants believed that there was no difference between current students and graduates in other variables. The participants believed that about 42% of medical graduates have enough clinical skills for independent practice. Spearman's correlation coefficient showed a positive significant correlation between years of services of faculty members and their views in medical students’ clinical skills necessary for independent practice (r=0.529, p=0.000) .
Conclusion : Although aspiration for participation in postgraduate entrance exams and research activities has increased, in general the educational status of medical students has not improved during the last years. According to the viewpoints of faculty members, medical students’ clinical skills necessary for independent practice was not satisfying.
Keywords: educational status, medical student, faculty members
Dr. Farhad Ramezani Badr, Omid Ebrahimpour, Ayoub Pezeshki, Mitra Khalili,
Volume 14, Issue 43 (11-2021)
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Background & Objective: Regarding the process of attraction and admission of international students, it is important to identify the academic challenges of international students and provide appropriate conditions towards meeting their academic and social needs. The present study aimed to identify the components affecting the academic status of international students in Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Materials & Methods: The experiences of international students were examined from October 2019 to February 2021 using conventional qualitative content analysis and in-depth semi-structured interviews.
Results: In this study, four main themes were extracted, including occupational concerns, obstacles of effective learning, managing students’ academic and supportive affairs, and academic immigration affairs. In addition, 12 subthemes were achieved including the credibility of the university, graduation qualifications, educational content, curriculum planning, assessment and evaluation, foreign language stress, organization of administrative-educational affairs, e-learning support and infrastructure affairs, the organizational culture of internationalization, student welfare, and social affairs, consular affairs and banking and foreign exchange finance.
Conclusion: Components of language stress, the organizational culture of internationalization, the organization of administrative-educational affairs, student welfare and social affairs have been reported by other universities at home and abroad. However, considering the Covid-19 pandemic and banking sanctions against Iran, two new components of e-learning support/infrastructure affairs and banking and foreign exchange finance respectively, were achieved. Therefore, these new items need to be evaluated and provided with appropriate solutions.