Impact of perception and attitude of the staff of the radiology department towards undergraduate medical imaging students on clinical training: students’ perspective
Behaviour of the clinical staff is one of the factors that can influence the students’ learning quality. The students’ contact with the radiology staff during the clinical practice can influence their process in learning new knowledge and skills. Hence, this research aims to determine the perception and attitude of radiology staff towards Medical Imaging students during clinical training from the students’ perspective. This study also ascertain the impact of the attitude of radiology staff towards practical performance and learning motivation of these students. A total of 43 students participated in this study using non-probability purposive sampling technique to calculate the sample size. The findings from this study revealed that radiology staff generally have positive attitude towards Medical Imaging students undergoing practicum. The majority of participants (55.8%) claimed that negative attitude of radiology staff can affect their learning ability and practical performance during clinical training. Also, 48.8% participants acknowledged that the attitude of radiology staff can affect their motivation and self-esteem. The major factors or element that the participants claimed to have a strong relation with an improvement in the quality of clinical training were willingness to teach student radiographers (95.3%), followed by portrayal of good patient care (76.7%) and effective communication among radiology staff and student radiographers (67.4%). The study revealed that there is a significant association between attitude of radiology staff and practical performance (p< 0.05). The findings of this study indicated that it is vital for radiology staff to portray a positive and professional attitude towards student radiographers as it can affect their practical performance, learning motivation and eventually the quality of clinical practice
