The Practical Training Challenges of Medical Records Students in Al- Balqa' Applied University (BAU) – Ma`an

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the challenges faced by the students of the medical records at Al- Balqa' Applied University in Ma’an Governorate, based on the perspective of the students themselves, and also compare the outcome with some demographic variables for the academic year 2020-2021.

The study community consisted of (23) students who completed their practical training requirements and were qualified for the comprehensive exam, from Colleges of Ma’an and Shoubak. The researcher used the descriptive analytical approach, which relies on studying the reality or phenomenon as it exists indeed, describing it accurately, qualitatively or quantitatively.

The study was applied and the data were collected through a tool (questionnaire), which consisted of 33 items. The questionnaire included three domains; the obstacles of the students themselves, the academic supervisor’s obstacles, and finally the difficulties associated with the practical training institutions. The answers to each paragraph were graded according to a Likert scale.

The data were analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) ²³ program, based on some statistical methods to describe the study variables as frequencies, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation. Analysis of differences tests were used, such as the (Two Way ANOVA) test, to figure out if there were significant differences between the averages of more than two groups and their relationship to the dependent variable, and Wackernbach coefficient (Alpha - Choronbach) was used to calculate the stability coefficient.