بررسي مشكلات آموزشي دانشجويان دانشگاه علوم پزشكي شهركرد مطرح شده در شوراهاي آموزشي دانشگاه از ابتداي سال 1381 تا پايان سال 1384

Studentsʹ Educational Problems, Presented in the Universityʹs Educational Councils from 2002 to 2005, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Background & Objective: An educational council, one of the most important parts of each university, plays the main role in solving studentsʹ educational problems. This study was aimed to analyze the studentsʹ educational problems in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, according to the councilsʹ minutes from 2002 to 2005. Methods: In this study, 333 cases of the studentsʹ educational problems were extracted from the minutes of 66 educational councilsʹ meetings during a period of four years. They were analyzed according to the studentsʹ study field, level, turn (morning or evening courses), sex, and the state of being native. Results: Among all, request for omitting a course, educational leave, and registering a course were the most frequent problems. Non native studentsʹ educational problems were more than native ones (6.8% and 4.3% respectively) and malesʹ problems (9.8%) were more than femalesʹ (3.8%) (p=0.0001). Educational problems among students of medicine (8.4%), radiology (7.6%), and field of fighting against diseases (5.9%) were more frequent than others. The difference between the frequency of problems in the students attending morning classes (5.3%) and those attending evening classes (5.2%) was not significant. Conclusion: This study revealed that the studentsʹ educational problems were different in various study fields. There were significantly more problems in male and non native students (who are less supported by the families) compared to female and native ones. Family, financial and health problems, lack of enough knowledge among students and tutors about educational rules stood amongst the most important factors leading to the studentsʹ educational problems.