The Participants Point of View about the First National Interdisciplinary Summer School regarding Achievement of Educational Objectives Shiraz Iran

Background & Objective : The importance of considering general trainings of students and gaining updated knowledge together with curriculum overload and large volume of lessons especially in medicine necessitate presenting most of the students educational needs in form of short term courses Hence this study aimed to assess the participants point of view about the first national interdisciplinary summer school regarding achievement of educational objectives in Shiraz   Methods : In overall ۶۳ students from ۱۳ universities of medical sciences participated in this course The topics were divided into four major groups including medical education medical ethics management ingenuity and creativity with their subgroups They were discussed in ۸۳ issues during ۱۰۰ working hours using lectures and other active educational methods   Results : According to the students point of view the highest educational efficiency belonged to medical education and then to ingenuity and creativity More than ۹۰% of executers mentioned that achieving educational objectives in each subgroup was very good or excellent According to the evaluation the mean score ( ± SD) of the programs executers and lecturers was ۱۸۹۷( ± ۱۱۸) out of ۲۰   Conclusion : Considering the effectiveness of this program continuing such a program allocating resources and developing them should be noticed in all universities

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Summer school , Interdisciplinary , medical education , Professional ethics , Management , Creativity