Volume 27, Issue 135, May 2023

Explaining the clinical training experiences of anesthesiology students: A phenomenological study

Azizollah Arbabisarjou¹, Mehdi Rezvaniamin², Fatemeh Saeedinezhad³, Hamed Faghihi^4♦

¹Associate Professor, Department of Nursing Management, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Community Nursing Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
ORCID: 0000-0003-2616-3175
²Assistant Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Community Nursing Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
³MSc, Epidemiology, School of Health, Student Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
ORCID: 0000-0003-3800-9345
⁴Anesthesia Department, Paramedical School, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran
ORCID: 0000-0003-2436-8152

^♦Corresponding author
Anesthesia Department, Paramedical School, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran
ORCID: 0000-0003-2436-8152

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The process of clinical training today is considered a primary element of education, especially for medical sciences, so it seems necessary to plan to improve how students understand clinical conditions. Hence, the present study sought to explain the clinical training experiences of anesthesiology students. Method: A qualitative study was conducted using descriptive phenomenological approach. The data were collected using in-depth and individual semi-structured interviews and data analysis was done simultaneously with the data collection using the Colaizzi analysis model. Results: The themes describing the experiences of people with psoriasis included: The operating room environment, stressful environment, the effective clinical training challenge and disrespecting students. Conclusion: The results showed that the stressful environment of the operating room is an important challenge for students; on the other hand, the problems and challenges of clinical training can be a serious threat to the quality-of-care services of the country's health system. Various disrespects to students in the operating room environment can decrease their self-confidence, discourage them and decrease their interest in caring for sensitive patients and it makes it very difficult for the student to bear the unfriendly conditions and atmosphere of the operating room. Also, professors, group managers and educational staff should try to improve the quality of clinical training and modify wrong procedures in the operating room environment by obtaining awareness about the students' experiences, while understanding them more.

Keywords: Clinical environment, descriptive phenomenology, Colaizzi approach

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e228ms2997

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i135/e228ms2997

Published: 20 May 2023