Estudo sobre as Condições Pedagógicas das Escolas Médicas Portuguesas: Uma Análise Nacional Sobre a Satisfação Estudantil, Rácios Estudante-Tutor e Número de Admissões (original) (raw)

2016, Acta Médica Portuguesa

Introduction: Experiences of clinical and nonclinical learning environments, as well as assessment and study environments influence student satisfaction with their medical schools. Student-tutor ratios may impact on their perception of clinical learning environments. The aim of this study was to analyze medical students’ satisfaction and student-tutor ratios in relation to medical schools’ number of admissions. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was created, regarding learning, assessment and study environments in eight medical schools. 2037 students participated in this cross-sectional study. Cronbach’s alpha (internal consistency) was calculated and principal component analysis was conducted. Pearson correlations and multiple comparisons were analyzed. Results: Assessment environments showed the highest satisfaction scores and clinical learning environments the lowest scores. The national student-tutor ratio in clinical rotations is 7.53; there are significant differences amon...

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