| Literature DB >> 25812560 |
Eun Jung Im1, Bong-Hyun Chang1.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching evaluation of clinical clerkship at Korean medical schools, and to suggest a desirable improvement for the clinical teaching evaluation in the future.Entities:
Keywords: Clinical clerkship; Faculty; Program evaluation; Teaching
Year: 2011 PMID: 25812560 PMCID: PMC8814502 DOI: 10.3946/kjme.2011.23.2.119
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Med Educ ISSN: 2005-727X
Results of Survey on Teaching Evaluation of Clinical Practice at Korean Medical Schools (n=37)
| Question | Answer | No. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching evaluation of clinical practice | Yes | 37 (100.0) |
| No | 0 (0) | |
| Method of evaluation | Offline | 14 (37.84) |
| Online | 19 (51.35) | |
| Combination of offline and online | 4 (10.81) | |
| Development of evaluation tool | Borrowing and adaptation of general instrument | 13 (35.14) |
| Medical school self-made | 24 (64.86) | |
| Type of evaluation tool | Specific form according to class type | 14 (37.84) |
| General form | 23 (62.16) | |
| Period of evaluation | Immediately after class | 17 (45.95) |
| End of semester | 17 (45.95) | |
| During and after class | 1 (2.70) | |
| End of the year | 1 (2.70) | |
| After each test | 1 (2.70) | |
| Number of evaluation | 1 | 35 (94.59) |
| 2 | 2 (5.41) | |
| Method of delivering evaluation results | Public | 35 (94.59) |
| Private | 2 (5.41) | |
| Accessibility of evaluation results | Faculty | 27 (77.14) |
| Faculty, students, executives | 4 (11.43) | |
| Head professor | 3 (8.57) | |
| Faculty, executives | 1 (2.86) | |
| Method of evaluation results to the public | 9 (25.71) | |
| Workshop, seminar | 4 (11.43) | |
| Brochure, book | 2 (5.71) | |
| Online homepage | 19 (54.29) | |
| Evaluation meeting | 1 (2.86) |
Results of Survey on Problems of Clinical Teaching Evaluation (n=24)
| Problems of clinical teaching evaluation | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Problems of evaluation tool | 8 (33.33) |
| Lack of concern and attention to clinical teaching evaluation | 4 (16.67) |
| Formalities of clinical teaching evaluation | 4 (16.67) |
| Differences of practice content per specific class | 3 (12.50) |
| Difficulties of personal faculty assessment | 2 (8.33) |
| Lack of evaluation results utilization | 2 (8.33) |
| Lack of the administrative system and staff | 1 (4.17) |
| Total | 24 (100.0) |
Content and Frequency of Clinical Teaching Evaluation Items (n=229)
| Category | Item content | No. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching method | Using various practice methods such as outpatient department observations, skill experiences, seminars, rounding, and PBL etc., enough opportunities to experience a variety of clinical cases and patients | 38 (16.59) |
| Teaching skills | Using various teaching strategy, encouraging student’s participation and motivation, clear explanation, immediate feedback and proper answer | 29 (12.66) |
| Teaching material | Using various media and teaching materials, using appropriate clinical practice equipments (e.g., Simman model, clinical skill lab, etc.) | 21 (9.17) |
| Evaluation | Prior notice of evaluation, fairness of standards, objectiveness of criteria, reasonable implementation of evaluation, content of evaluation | 20 (8.73) |
| Suggestion | Recommendation for improving clinical practice, comments on problems of clinical practice | 19 (8.30) |
| Satisfaction | Satisfaction on overall clinical practice, general quality of teaching | 16 (6.98) |
| Learner | Learner self-evaluation, participation and enthusiasm for clinical practice, clinical performance ability | 15 (6.55) |
| Plan and syllabus | Specific and systematic syllabus, effective schedule | 14 (6.12) |
| Faculty attitude | Understanding and concern for students, passion and enthusiasm for teaching, role model | 11 (4.80) |
| Content | Various clinical practice program, difficulty of clinical practice, amount of clinical practice | 10 (4.37) |
| Objectives | Clear and specific objectives, description of objectives, correlation with objectives and contents | 9 (3.93) |
| Orientation | Length of orientation, effectiveness of orientation, appropriateness of orientation | 8 (3.49) |
| Learning climate | Comfortable atmosphere, interaction and mutual respect, rapport between instructor and student | 6 (2.62) |
| Assignment | Amount and properness of assignments | 3 (1.31) |
| Management | Practice group size, administration system, total quality management, support | 3 (1.31) |
| Others | Attitude of residents, practice manager, relationships with other medical personnel, practice location, dispatch training, etc. | 7 (3.07) |
| Total | 229 (100) |
PBL: Problem-based learning.