EVALUATION OF CLINICAL EDUCATION EFFICACY AT BACHELOR'S PROGRAMME, INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY

The aim of the study: to assess the effectiveness of clinical education of students of various levels of education using «Clinical Training Effectiveness Tool» (CTEI) questionnaire. Materials and methods: 78 undergraduate students, 48 interns and 16 residents were participated in the study. The statistical processing was provided using SPSS Statistics 20.0 software. Results and discussion: 47.4% of all questionnaire items had more than 4 points median. Median for all points of the questionnaire was greater than 3 points. Students gave the highest score to the following items: using of practical guidelines in education, using recommendations and protocols. The lowest grade gets the item «Training is regulated, according to my needs (experience, interests, competence, etc.)». The greatest share of 21.8% of unsatisfactory answers was given to the question «Training on the principles of economically appropriate assistance». Conclusion: questionnaire survey results showed that the effectiveness of clinical education at different levels of education is assessed by the students as satisfactory. Regular feedback allows to plan and make actions to improve the quality of the educational process, considering private opinions and needs of the students. Findings: 1) positive evaluation of the effectiveness of clinical training given by the students received 47.5% of items in the questionnaire; 2) comparative analysis of different levels of education showed that the highest scores of the positive results of clinical training was reached in the residency.

clinical education, medical education, questionnaire survey

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