Clinical Methods

Clinical assessment methods in medical sciences universities of Tehran – clinical instructors’ viewpoint

Introduction: Assessment and evaluation are crucial steps in educational process that play major role in the process of medical education, by certifying competent physicians who can take care of the public health. The purpose of this study was investigation of clinical medical teachers' opinion about using clinical assessment tools in their clinical setting. Methods: The survey was a descriptiv...

Optimum Characteristics of Nursing Students’ Clinical Evaluation: Clinical Nursing Teachers’ Viewpoints in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Despite importance of evaluating students’ clinical competencies through nursing education program, there is still controversy about optimum characteristics (indices) of clinical evaluation methods and there is no consensus. This study was performed to determine optimum characteristics of clinical competencies’ evaluation and to assess clinical nursing teachers’ viewpoints. Metho...

A survey on student`s satisfaction of clinical education and its related factor

Introduction. Clinical education is a process by which students obtain clinical experiences and ideas on the patients' bedside to be prepared for patient’s problem solving. Continuous evaluation and identification of strengths and weaknesses of this process by different methods is necessary for development of an effective medical education and assessment of student satisfaction (SS) is one of t...

Introducing New Laboratory-Developed Molecular Methods in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratories

Comparison of The Effect of Clinical Education and Assessment Using Portfolio and Blended Methods on Cognitive Learning of Nursing Students in Clinical Settings

Introduction: There is a growing pace in using portfolio in clinical education of nursing students. Although qualitative researches have shown that this method may enhance clinical learning of students, up to now, this effect has not been proved with quantitative methods. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to assess the effect of clinical education and assessment through portfolio ...

Comparison of Self, Peer, and Clinical Teacher Evaluation in Clinical Skills Evaluation Process of Midwifery Students

Introduction: In order to have a precise judgment on performance, a variety of data resources are needed. In this regard, experts emphasize on employing different assessment groups for determining achievement of learning objectives by students. This study was performed to compare self, peer, and teacher evaluation in the process of midwifery students' clinical skills evaluation at delivery roo...