摘要：Background and purpose: Acquiring clinical skills is one learning goal for medical students. Clinicalskills are essential to diagnose diseases and to accomplish therapies. The aim of this study is toreview status of clinical skills among interns in Birjand University of MedicineMethods: This was a cross sectional study, in witch all interns of Birjand University of Medicinearticipated. A questionnaire including questions about 8 essential clinical skills was developed.Have interns responded the questionnaire and questionnaires been collected, data were coded andanalyzed .Results: More than 90% interns lack required skills for intubation, cardiopulmonary, ressusitationand normal vaginal delivery. Despite the fact that more than 80% of interns assumed these skills ashighly useful, most of them hadn’t been trained by qualified trainers.Conclusion: It seems that the usual methods of teaching clinical skills is not adequate and needs tobe modified at University. Using some new teaching setting like skill labs and observational evaluationmethods will have an important role in development of clinical skills .Keywords:TEACHING, CLINICAL SKILLS, INTERNJournal of Medical Education Summer 2006; 9(2); 99-10
