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[Need for a uniform clinical placement quality cycle].

Ingrid M Nijholt¹, Micah L A Heldeweg², Johanna Schönrock-Adema³

¹Isala Academie, Zwolle.

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Quality control for Dutch clinical placements needs improvement. Standardized tools and better implementation of student feedback are essential for enhancing the clinical placement quality cycle.

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Healthcare Quality Improvement

Background:

Clinical placements are crucial for medical training.
Effective quality control ensures high standards in healthcare education.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the current organization of clinical placement quality control in the Netherlands.
To identify available assessment tools.
To understand student perspectives on clinical placement assessment.

Main Methods:

Document analysis of procedures from all 8 Dutch medical schools.
Literature search for existing quality assessment tools.
Survey of clinical placement students regarding current and desired assessment methods.

Main Results:

All medical schools use student evaluations cyclically, but employ unvalidated, non-uniform questionnaires.
Only two validated tools were found in literature, neither suitable for the Dutch context.
Students desire a uniform questionnaire and feel their feedback does not lead to noticeable improvements.

Conclusions:

The clinical placement quality cycle in the Netherlands lacks uniformity and effective implementation of improvement actions.
There is a clear need for standardization and a validated Dutch assessment tool for clinical placement quality.