Abstract
Objective: To assess medical students' perception about their satisfaction regarding the preparatory year.
Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the University of Bisha College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia, from October 2017 to April 2018, and comprised medical students. A12-item validated questionnaire related to teaching, assessment and mentoring was used for data collection. Data was analysed using SPSS 20.
Results: Of the 83 students, 40(48.2%) were from year 3 and 43(51.8%) were from year 2. Overall mean score of year 2 students was 20.79 +/- 5.9 and for year 3 students it was 23.18 +/- 6.8 (p>0.05).
Conclusion: The quality of the preparatory year activities could be improved through review of the existing courses and introduction of more relevant ones.