Examining the Opinions of Medical Students Regarding the Implementation of General Medicine Dissertation and Its Importance in Medical Education
Introduction: Examining the opinions of medical students about dissertation, its implementation process, and its effectiveness can familiarize educational planners with the strengths and weaknesses of the existing conditions and provide the possibility of making corrections. The present study has be...
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| Language: | fas |
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Guilan University of Medical Sciences
2024-03-01
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| Series: | Pizhūhish dar Āmūzish-i ̒ulūm-i Pizishkī |
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| Online Access: | http://rme.gums.ac.ir/article-1-1368-en.pdf |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Examining the opinions of medical students about dissertation, its implementation process, and its effectiveness can familiarize educational planners with the strengths and weaknesses of the existing conditions and provide the possibility of making corrections. The present study has been done to determine the opinions of medical students of Ahvaz JundiShapur University of Medical Sciences regarding the implementation of the general medicine dissertation.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the opinions of 247 medical students of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences were examined through a researcher-made questionnaire. Questionnaires were distributed and collected face-to-face and online. Data were analyzed using chi-square and independent t-tests through SPSS (18).
Results: About the importance and necessity of dissertation, by considering the average score of 1.36 out of 3, students stated that the dissertation writing course has little importance and necessity in the curriculum of the general medicine. With an average of 2.5 out of 3, they wanted to replace the dissertation writing course with clinical courses. Regarding the average score of 1.85 out of 3, students believed that they are relatively satisfied with the ability and cooperation of their supervising professors. The results demonstrated no statistically significant difference between the students about the importance and necessity of the dissertation writing course by gender (P=0.22; t=1.22) and the grade point average (GPA) (P=0.15; t=1.43). Moreover, 89 (%79.7) female students and 106 (%85.5) male students stated that if “dissertation course" was optional, they would not choose it (P=0.15). Regarding "dissertation course selection if it is optional," no significant difference was observed between the students by GPA (P=0.41).
Conclusions: As illustrated by the obtained results, medical students were relatively satisfied with the ability and cooperation of supervisors in completing the dissertation. Nonetheless, they believed that dissertation courses were not very important in their medical profession and future careers, and they wanted to replace them with clinical training courses. |
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| ISSN: | 2008-7284 2008-952X |