Adli Tıp Bülteni (Dec 2021)
Evaluation of the Perceptions of Forensic Medicine Residents for Hospital Education Environment
Abstract
Objective:The learning environment is the key to successful education. By evaluating learning environment, strong parts and parts that need improvement in education process can be revealed. Various scales have been developed in order to evaluate this issue. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate educational environments of two different departments of forensic medicine [Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine and Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (HUFM)] using a standard scale, to compare the differences and to investigate the reasons.Methods:The data of the study were collected using a data collection tool consisting of two parts. First, residents participating in the study were asked for demographic information on their university, gender and academic year. Second, the Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure (PHEEM) was applied. The distribution and scores for the items and subtitles were calculated.Results:Total score of the participants was 131.85 (±22.93) (perfect education environment), mean perception of professional autonomy subgroup score was 46.61 (±8.04) (excellent), mean perception of education subgroup score was 50.91 (±8.71) (excellent) and mean social support perception subgroup score was 34.32 (±7.11) (environment that supports learning). When scores were compared between two departments, it was observed that mean scores of HUFM were significantly higher.Conclusion:Our study is the first study in which educational environments of residents who are trained in forensic medicine are evaluated. It was determined that average scores obtained in both departments were higher than other studies conducted in different specialties in our country. It has been demonstrated that PHEEM can be used to identify and correct the problems in forensic specialty training environment and to increase quality of forensic specialty training.
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