Introduction: Considering the significantprofessional role of doctors, Ministry of Health and Medical Education has issued the minimal required capabilities expected from a recently graduated general physician.This study intended to evaluate thecompetencies of medical graduates from Bandar Abbas medical school in 2014.
Methods: This cross-sectional study on medical graduates was conducted in 2014 in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. Totally,49 people, who filled out a questionnaire containing 59 items, participated in the study. The items were on the six areas of skills that are approved by the medical education council. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by medical education experts and the reliability was approved using Cronbach's alpha equal to 0.8.
Results: : The greatest mean grade belonged to clinical and communicational skills and the lowest was related to having the ability of using health technology skills.The t-test results indicated that males were more capable in the area of ethics and legal responsibilities(17±0.6), while females were more competent inpromotion and lifelong learning(16.5±0.8).
Conclusion: This was a self-report survey. The highest mean score obtained in thedifferent six areas was 16.2.The other mean grades were even lower in other areas. It seems that a review of educational methods, resources and topics related to teaching-learning is necessary.
Citation:Abedini S, Kamalzade H, Javadi R. A Survey on the of Medical Graduates' Achievements in the Capabilities Approved by the General Medical Education Council of Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences in 2014. Journal of Development Strategies in Medical Education 2018; 5(2): 25-39.

Keywords: Medical graduates, Ability, Medical education

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