Matching the fellowship training program in gastroenterology with the demands of the profession / Melflor A. Atienza

An effective clinical training program adequately prepares its graduates for eventual practice. To determine this, perceptions of graduates can provide information. This study aimed to describe the graduates' professional activities and their perceptions of the adequacy of the program in preparing them for those activities, specifically, the degrees of importance and preparedness. a significant discrepancy was either underpreparation or overpreparation. Thirty-four graduates participated in this study. All are in clinical practice; most are affiliated with tertiary hospitals in Metro Manila and other cities. Results showed underpreparation in the knowledge component of the program. There was adequate prepartion in communication and administrative skills and diagnostic endoscopic procedures but underpreparation in teaching, research, problem solving, decision making, and clinical skills. The attitudinal component of training was perceived as adequate. respondents reported adequacy of preparation in the clinical rotations in the different areas while lectures were "somewhat adequate". Each institution had at least three consultants but it was the time spent with trainees, the amount of supervision and the number of demonstrations that were associated with perception. She study thus showed that to the graduates, the most crucial factors are sufficient clinical cases and quality supervision of consultants.

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