Akturk Zekeriya, Dagdeviren Nezih, Sahin Erkan Melih, Ozer Cahit
Trakya University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Edirne, Turkey.
Swiss Med Wkly. 2002 Mar 23;132(11-12):143-7. doi: 10.4414/smw.2002.09899.
Quality circles in the classroom setting are composed of students who meet regularly to identify, analyse and solve problems related to a course, and implement solutions. We recently instituted quality circles (QCs) among preclinical medical students and evaluated their impact on quality of learning and student satisfaction. Included in the study were all 135 first-year medical students of Trakya University School of Medicine in the 2000-2001 academic year. Six students were selected randomly out of 26 volunteers as circle members. Circle participants met once a week for 14 45-minute sessions to discuss educational issues, propose solutions and prepare a report for submission to the dean. A questionnaire was administered to all first-year students and the replies provided the problem pool from which the QC chose the problem to be addressed. A total of 22 problems concerned education and 28 were identified in the fields of accommodation, social activities and other issues. To evaluate the change in the perceived quality of learning, circle members prepared a questionnaire designed to compare satisfaction at the beginning and end of the study period. This questionnaire was composed of 26 items and evaluated various aspects of education. There was a significant increase in student satisfaction after the one-year study period (p = 0.001). In addition to enhancing quality of learning, quality circles improved student satisfaction as well. More studies should be conducted to test the impact of QCs on education in different settings and different classes. Our results show that the use of quality circles in first-year medical students improves quality of learning and student satisfaction.
课堂环境中的质量圈由定期会面以识别、分析和解决与课程相关问题并实施解决方案的学生组成。我们最近在临床前医学生中设立了质量圈（QC），并评估了它们对学习质量和学生满意度的影响。该研究纳入了2000 - 2001学年特拉凯亚大学医学院的所有135名一年级医学生。从26名志愿者中随机选出6名学生作为圈成员。圈成员每周会面一次，共进行14次45分钟的会议，讨论教育问题、提出解决方案并准备一份报告提交给院长。向所有一年级学生发放了一份问卷，其回复提供了质量圈从中选择要解决问题的问题库。总共22个问题与教育有关，28个问题在住宿、社交活动和其他问题领域被识别出来。为了评估感知学习质量的变化，圈成员准备了一份问卷，旨在比较研究期开始和结束时的满意度。这份问卷由26个项目组成，评估了教育的各个方面。经过一年的学习期后，学生满意度有显著提高（p = 0.001）。除了提高学习质量外，质量圈还提升了学生满意度。应该进行更多研究来测试质量圈在不同环境和不同班级对教育的影响。我们的结果表明，在一年级医学生中使用质量圈提高了学习质量和学生满意度。
