Satisfaction Levels Regarding the Implementation and Evaluation of Internship Courses Logbooks in the Persian Medicine PhD Program

Abstract

Background and Objective: Clinical education is one of the main and essential components in the education of medical sciences students. According to the curriculum of the Persian Medicine PhD Program, students in this field are required to pass two internship courses during their education. The present study was conducted to investigate the satisfaction level of students and professors with the logbook of internship courses one and two in Persian Medicine PhD Program across the country. Methods: After implementing the Logbook of Courses One and Two in the first and second semesters of 2021-2022 and the first semester of 2022-2023 in 3 consecutive semesters, this cross-sectional study was conducted among 15 professors and 50 students of universities with a Persian Medicine PhD Program. A Logbook evaluation questionnaire with 27 questions was provided to students and professors. In the Logbook evaluation questionnaire, questions 1-7 were specific to the necessity of implementation (score 7-35), questions 15-8 were specific to the evaluation of the Logbook content (score 8-40), and questions 16-27 were specific to the evaluation of the Logbook outcome (score 12-60). Findings: In this study, 45 students with a mean age of 46.68±7.95 years and 35 professors participated. In a survey of students, the subject of familiarity with the evaluation score (3.4±1.15), the suitability of the mentioned skills with personal needs (3.4±1.07), and the effect of the logbook in documentation (3.4±1.13) received the highest scores. From the professors' perspective, the necessity of the logbook in examining the educational process (4.4±0.73), the application of professional ethics expectations (4.05±0.63), and the documentation of student activity (4.5±0.60) received the highest scores. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that students' satisfaction with the implementation of the logbook was generally moderate with a score of 84, and professors' satisfaction was moderate to high with a score of 101. © 2024 Babol Univers ity of Medical Sciences. Published by Babol University of Medical Sciences.