Namra Chaudhary, Ansar Latif, Ikhara Aimen, Ayesha Zaheer, Tauqeer Ahmad, Anila Ansar.
Quality of Education in Medical Colleges of Sialkot District.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(1):25-7.

Aim: To assess the strong and weak points leading to quality of education in public and private sector medical colleges of Sialkot district. Study design: questionnaire based study. Place and duration of study: Department of Surgery and Department of Medical Education, Govt. Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot, from January 2018 to July 2018. Methods: Closed ended structured questionnaire were distributed to students of all academic years of MBBS degree course in three medical colleges. Similarly interviews and questionnaire based views were sought from senior as well as junior doctors working on teaching appointments of public and private sector medical colleges of district Sialkot of Pakistan. Two categories Group I Students opinion and Group II - Teachers opinion were made and results compiled. The questionnaire was to be filled completely and a time of 6 months was given to answer all questions. Results: Total number of students participated in study are 923 in which students of public sector medical college are 450 and students of private medical and dental college are 473. Total number of teachers participated in research are 106 including 49 teachers from preclinical subjects and 57 from clinical subjects. 1200 questionnaires are distributed in medical colleges in Sialkot from which 1029 questionnaires are returned, 203 are incomplete while 826 questionnaires are complete. Conclusion: Though the quality of medical education is on decline in general; there are multifactorial reasons for this deterioration both from students as well as teachers’ side. The ultimate opinion is the quality of education in professional colleges is solely dependanton the will, efforts and capabilities of the students.

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