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:: Volume 8, Issue 2 (May-June 2015) ::
Educ Strategy Med Sci 2015, 8(2): 123-130 Back to browse issues page
Students’ Viewpoints of Mashhad Dental School about Educational Problems a Qualitative Study
Gharaei Sh1 , Kargoza S 2, Amirchakhmaghi M3 , Gholami H4
1- Dental Faculty, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2- Dental Faculty, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran , kargozars881@mums.ac.ir
3- “Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research Center” and “Oral Medicine Department, Dentistry Faculty”, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
4- Medical Education Department, Medicine Faculty, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract:   (8371 Views)

Aims: Continuous evaluation of educational services is important to maintain and promote the quality of education. Students are the main sources of analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of education. This study was done to investigate the educational problems of Mashhad dental school from the students’ viewpoint.

Participants & Methods: In this qualitative study from April 2012 to June 2012, 25 dental students of Mashhad Dental School in 3 basic sciences, physiopathology and externs stages were participated and were attended in group discussions and their comments on the main goal of the study were recorded. Then the data was given to the students in terms of “a Q sort sample” and results were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis specific to Q analysis.

Findings: In the first stage of Q analysis the students were classified based on their mindset about educational problems. However, due to the low correlation between the phrases, exploratory factor analysis did not help much to identify the mentalities. Thus, the phrases were classified in four areas by phenomenological method professionalism, training facilities, training management and evaluation.

Conclusion: The most important educational problems of Mashhad dental school from the students’ viewpoint were: lack of sufficient education in professional ethics, the disproportion between the number of student and educational facilities in clinic and preclinic, inappropriate condition of scientific library, not using new techniques for students participation, insufficiency of some clinical courses and criterionless scoring.
Keywords: Qualitative research [MeSH], Q-Sort [MeSH], Education Dental [MeSH], Students [MeSH]
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Article Type: Qualitative Research | Subject: Research in Medical Science Education
Received: 2015/03/9 | Accepted: 2015/07/1 | Published: 2015/07/27
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