Table 3.
The comparison of contents of internship models a and B
| Internship model A | Internship model B | |
|---|---|---|
| Program introduction | - Introducing meeting regarding new program |
- Introducing meeting regarding new program - Fundamental and clinical training classes |
| Students’ registration |
- Manual registration of students’ attendance - Lack of insurance for students |
- Electronic registration of students’ attendance - Student insurance |
| Duration and clinical environment teaching | - Passed internship period for 12 weeks in some medical-surgical, pediatrics and intensive care units | - Passed internship period for one year in several medical-surgical, pediatrics, and intensive care units, and community based health service. |
| Course time | - Course was in morning shift | - Course was in morning, evening and night shifts |
| Visit by college professors | - A random visit by the professor to solve physical and communication problems | - The planned visits of the professor in teaching clinical contents, and supporting students and integrative interaction with the students, personnel and clinical environment and solving problems and challenges |
| Meeting among college, hospital authorities, and Fars provincial nursing office | Holding some meetings between Shiraz clinical medical-surgical and pediatric directors with Nemazee nurse manager and her educational and clinical supervisors if necessary |
Holding numerous meetings among: - Shiraz nursing school manager, vice-chancellors, directors of nursing groups and professors managers - Fars provincial nursing office manager and her vice-chancellors - Vice-chancellors of SUMS - Nemazee nurse manager and her educational and clinical supervisors |
| Counseling sessions with the students | Holding a meeting with the student representative if necessary | Holding numerous counseling sessions with nursing students for formative and summative evaluation |
| Payment | - Without paying students | - Paying monthly salaries to students |
| Evaluation | - The evaluation by the NUMs | - The evaluation by the academic professors and NUMs, accuracy |