1. / 141 QUALITY CIRCLES AMONG PHASE I MEDICAL STUDENTS Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey Zekeriya Aktürk, MD Nezih Dağdeviren, MD Erkan Melih Şahin, MD Cahit Özer, MD Title and Staff

2. / 142 What are Quality Circles ? QC Circle is a small group in which people who work in the first line work place, continually improve and maintain the quality of products, services, job... İntroduction Workers Work placeProducts Students LearningSchool

3. / 143 The Objective of this Study Does student involvement improve learning quality ? What are the problems students face ? Include students into research activities Introduce the growing specialty family medicine to the doctors of tomorrow Aim

4. / 144 How did the Quallity Circle Work? Lecture about quality circles to phase I medical students (135 students) Volunteers: 26 students 6 members for each meeting At each meeting one circle leader Facilitator: family practice department Meetings once a week Solutions suggested to the dean Method

5. / 145 Some of the Circle Members at Work Members

6. / 146 Another Scene of Circle Members at Work Members

7. / 147 What are the Problems in This Faculty? November 2000 - May 2001: 14 meetings Problem pool: 50 problems –22 related with education –28 related with accommodation etc. Results

8. / 148 What is the Importance of Each Problem? Likert scale to estimate the importance of problems Most important 10 problems: Results Social activities77 % Hospital services for medical students77 % Computer laboratory and internet access75 % Lecture materials (resources) for each lecture75 % Lecture materials should be given prior to the lectures75 % Problems related with the dining hall67 % Cleanness of the lavatories66 % Content of education60 % Difficulty level of the exams55 % Conference timing55 %

9. / 149 Which Problems did the Circle Discuss? 7 problems discussed in 14 meetings –The cleanness of the lavatories –Canteen services –Dining hall services –Physical status of the lecture rooms –Educational system –Establishing a breech club –Education resources Results

10. / 1410 Could the Circle Create any Change ? Quality Evaluation Questionnaire –A questionnaire was developed to assess different aspects of education –21 item, 5 point likert scale 5 items removed with request of dean: –The competency of the educators –General manner of the faculty personnel to the students –Availability of the educators –Availability of the managers –The quality of counseling services for students. Evaluation

11. / 1411 Could the Circle Create any Change ? Quality Evaluation Questionnaire –December 2000: mean  SD 2.80  0.52 –May 2001: mean  SD 3.20  0.58. –Significant difference: t=3.506, p=0.001. Evaluation

12. / 1412 What were the Profits of Quality Circles ? Positives Points of Success –Problems were solved –Student’s got motivated –Research facility for students –Student-family practice proximity was achieved –Quality as an issue started to be discussed at the faculty

13. / 1413 What were the Barriers in Front of Quality Circles ? Obstacles Faced Barriers –Deans attitute –Time restriction –Insufficient resources –No quality culture

14. / 1414 In Summary Quality Circles work They are effective Some difficulties were faced –They were expected anyway Deans attitute is changing This circle ended with a quality team Still more experience is necessary Conclusion