The statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS version 9) was used for statistical analysis.
The relation between satisfaction of outpatient training, bedside teaching, theoretical education and variables was analyzed by chi square.
Manthel Haenzel Chi square was computed whenever indicated.
P values equal to or less than 5% were considered significant.
Results
Two hundred and fifty medical students were survived in this study.
The mean age of the students was 26.5 years (23-38 years) and 216 (86.4%) of them
were male.
Eighty-three students (33.2%) lived in dormitories and 85 students (34%) were married.
Overall satisfaction was 38.8% (97/250) and 61.2% (153/250) were not satisfied with their education.
There was no statistically significant relationship between age, gender, living in dormitory or marriage and the level of satisfaction.
Satisfaction with outpatient training - Fifty two percent (130/250) were satisfied with outpatient training.
The most important factors (score 1) that contribute satisfaction with outpatient training in our subjects are shown in Table 1.
There was a significant association with satisfaction and outpatient training
and class size; approach to rare diseases diagnosis of which requires specialty; course planning and approach to common and epidemic diseases (P=0.01).
Satisfaction with bedside teaching - One hundred and thirty students (52%) were satisfied with bedside teaching.
The factors chosen by students affecting satisfaction with bedside teaching are mentioned in Table 1.
A significant association was found between satisfaction with bedside teaching and teaching of rare diseases diagnosis of which requires specialty,
course planning, approach to common and epidemic
diseases, class size in bedside (P=0.01), and appropriateness
of educational atmosphere (P=0.027).
Students’satisfaction with appropriateness of educational atmosphere was not significant according Pearson test (P=0.08).
Duration of bedside teaching had a significant effect when tested by Mantel Haenzel chi2 (P=0.003).
Satisfaction with theoretical education – One hundred and seventy seven subjects were satisfied with theoretical teaching (70.8%).
The elements that are correlated with satisfaction with theoretical education
are shown in Table 2.
We found a significant association between satisfaction with theoretical education
and the quality of education, class size, approach to rare diseases diagnosis of which requires specialty, and common and epidemic diseases (P=0.01).
The mean score given to the different effective factors on the students' satisfaction with outpatient training and bedside teaching in satisfied and unsatisfied students is shown in Table 3.
Students' satisfaction with the way through which they were tested - Sixty four percent (161 subjects) and 48.8% (122 students) were satisfied with the way they were tested from theoretical education and practical training points of view, respectively.
There was a positive association between overall satisfaction and satisfaction with the methods through which their abilities after theoretical education and practical training were assessed (P=0.01).