National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents

ergun, mehmet ali; Coskun, Ozlem; BUDAKOĞLU, Işıl İrem

National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents

Işıl İrem BUDAKOĞLU, (Gazi Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Tıp Eğitimi Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye)

Özlem COŞKUN, (Gazi Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Tıp Eğitimi Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye)

Mehmet Ali ERGÜN (Gazi Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Genetik Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye)

Balkan Medical Journal

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Yıl: 2014 Cilt: 31 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 23 - 28 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents

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Background:There is verylittleinformation available onself-per-ceived competence levels ofjunior medical doctors withregard to definitions bytheNational CoreCurriculum (NCC) forUndergradu-ate Medical Education.Aims:Thisstudy aims todetermine theperceived level ofcompe-tence of residents during undergraduate medical education within the context of the NCC.Study Design: Descriptive study.Methods:Thesurvey wasconducted between February 2010 and December 2011; thestudy population comprised 450residents. Of thisgroup, 318(71%) participated inthestudy. Self-assessment questionnaires oncompetencies were distributed andresidents were asked to assess theirowncompetence in different domains byscoring them on a scale of 1 to 10.Results:Nearly halfof theresidents reported insufficient experience ofputting clinical skills intopractice when theygraduated. Inthe theoretical partofNCC, thelowest competency score wasreported forhealth-care administration, while thedetermination oflevel of chlorine in water, delivering babies, andconducting forensic exami-nations hadthelowest perceived levels of competency in theclinical skills domain. Conclusion:Residents reported lowlevels of perceived competency in skills theyrarely performed outside theuniversity hospital. They weremuch more confident in skills theyperformed during theirmed-ical education.

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APA	BUDAKOĞLU I, Coskun O, ergun m (2014). National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents. Balkan Medical Journal, 31(1), 23 - 28.
Chicago	BUDAKOĞLU Işıl İrem,Coskun Ozlem,ergun mehmet ali National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents. Balkan Medical Journal 31, no.1 (2014): 23 - 28.
MLA	BUDAKOĞLU Işıl İrem,Coskun Ozlem,ergun mehmet ali National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents. Balkan Medical Journal, vol.31, no.1, 2014, ss.23 - 28.
AMA	BUDAKOĞLU I,Coskun O,ergun m National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents. Balkan Medical Journal. 2014; 31(1): 23 - 28.
Vancouver	BUDAKOĞLU I,Coskun O,ergun m National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents. Balkan Medical Journal. 2014; 31(1): 23 - 28.
IEEE	BUDAKOĞLU I,Coskun O,ergun m "National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents." Balkan Medical Journal, 31, ss.23 - 28, 2014.
ISNAD	BUDAKOĞLU, Işıl İrem vd. "National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents". Balkan Medical Journal 31/1 (2014), 23-28.