OBJECTIVE: To assess medical students' perception about their satisfaction regarding the preparatory year. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the University of Bisha College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia, from October 2017 to April 2018, and comprised medical students. A12-item validated questionnaire related to teaching, assessment and mentoring was used for data collection. Data was analysed using SPSS 20. RESULTS: Of the 83 students, 40(48.2%) were from year 3 and 43(51.8%) were from year 2.Overall mean score of year 2 students was 20.79 } 5.9and for year 3 students it was 23.18 } 6.8 (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The quality of the preparatory year activities could be improved through review of the existing courses and introduction of more relevant ones.
OBJECTIVE: To assess medical students' perception about their satisfaction regarding the preparatory year. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the University of Bisha College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia, from October 2017 to April 2018, and comprised medical students. A12-item validated questionnaire related to teaching, assessment and mentoring was used for data collection. Data was analysed using SPSS 20. RESULTS: Of the 83 students, 40(48.2%) were from year 3 and 43(51.8%) were from year 2.Overall mean score of year 2 students was 20.79 } 5.9and for year 3 students it was 23.18 } 6.8 (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The quality of the preparatory year activities could be improved through review of the existing courses and introduction of more relevant ones.
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Perception, Medical students, Preparatory year, Saudi Arabia. doi:10.5455/JPMA.302615zzm321990