Razi Journal of Medical Sciences

  Background: As any decision making for improving the quality of clinical education depends on recognition of the present problems, as well as the inadequacies and faults from the stakeholders` points of view, this study was conducted to evaluate all the stakeholders in educational process comprehensively and estimate their satisfaction from the present system in order to illustrate a general framework of strengths and weaknesses of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

  Methods : This was a cross sectional descriptive analytic study conducted in 2011. Three separate teacher-made questionnaires were designed according to the study purpose. The first questionnaire was related to interns and residents (under and post graduate students), the second one for clinical teachers and the third belonged to the head nurses. Expert views were used in order to assess the content and face validity and test-re-test was applied for reliability checking. SPSS version 17 was used for descriptive statistics and relevant tests of t-test and Anova at the significant level of 0.05.

  Results: Findings showed that residents, interns and head nurses attending this study agreed more with fixed professors in only one educational center rather than the view of the professors whom had equal perspectives toward fixed or rotation status.

  Conclusions: As the present educational framework in Iranian educational theraputic centers can not meet the demands of the new needs and provide standard educational environment, and also according to the results of the present case in regard to the status of clinical education in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, it seems that along with attention to the recommendations of the present study change in the present system could improve the quality of education, research and therapy status in various university centers.