Trainers and Trainee Feedback on Residency Training Programs in Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty

Background: Continuous and systematical evaluation of the educational program by students and trainers and the revision studies in the light of the obtained findings are crucial. In our Faculty residency training programs have been evaluated by students and trainers in every June with feedback forms developed by postgradute medical education program committee. The purpose of this study is to present the findings of evaluation in the period of five years. Methods: Students and trainers evaluated the educational program with thirty-item and six-item feedback forms. Items were evaluated with five point scale. Reliability coefficients of students’ and trainers’ feedback forms were respectively 0.97 and 0.86. The data was analysed with SPSS version 15. Results: In the period of five year, the average scores of all items were above 3.00 points out of 5.00 points. In 2015, scores of four common items in students and trainers forms were compared. Trainers average scores were found higher than students Conclusions: In general, students and trainers evaluated the educational program favourable in the five-year period. The items which had lowest points relatively; “physical working conditions”, “contribution of external rotations to education”, “participation to academic decisions related to the specialty students in departments” “trainers’ contribution to outpatient clinic education” should be investigated in detailed