Perceptions and expectations of medical students towards the quality of educational services offered at a Sudanese University : how far is the gap ?
Joint Authors
Salah, al-Muntasir Taha
al-Madhun, Wadi M.
Khalid, Manal Muhammad
Said, Uthman K.
Abd Allah, Ahmad
Source
Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences
Issue
Vol. 10, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.137-146, 10 p.
Publisher
Omdurman Islamic University Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date
2015-12-31
Country of Publication
Sudan
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background: Students are the primary customers of high education service, and are becoming more aware of their consumer rights and of gaps between their expectations of service delivery and the reality of services.
Objective: of this study was to investigate medical students’ perceptions and expectations of educational services quality at X University in Sudan.
Methods: One hundred ninety six registered medical students in the academic year 2013- 2014, were enrolled; sample was collected through convenience sample technique.
The study was conducted by the use of Modified SERVQUAL questionnaire.
SPSS version 20 was used for data analysis.
Results: There was a negative mean score for quality gap in all dimensions of service quality.
Students perceived tangibles as quality indicators of the service quality at university, and expect universities to have modern-looking equipment, so that staff can provide efficient service to them.
There was a strong student concern about teaching staff promises regarding timetables and exam schedules to be fulfilled on time, which indicated the area of most concern amongst the respondents (gap score – 1.94).
A clear communication problem regarding service delivery was inferred, as students perception towards solving their problems was very low (gap score -1.91).
Conclusion: students’ perceptions of services delivered by X University falls below their expectations; that indicates student’s dissatisfaction.
This large gap constitutes a great challenge to the administrators and educational policy makers, who are recommended to consider students feedback as a quality indicator in the quality assurance process.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Salah, al-Muntasir Taha& al-Madhun, Wadi M.& Abd Allah, Ahmad& Khalid, Manal Muhammad& Said, Uthman K.. 2015. Perceptions and expectations of medical students towards the quality of educational services offered at a Sudanese University : how far is the gap ?. Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences،Vol. 10, no. 4, pp.137-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-656658
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Salah, al-Muntasir Taha…[et al.]. Perceptions and expectations of medical students towards the quality of educational services offered at a Sudanese University : how far is the gap ?. Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 10, no. 4 (Dec. 2015), pp.137-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-656658
American Medical Association (AMA)
Salah, al-Muntasir Taha& al-Madhun, Wadi M.& Abd Allah, Ahmad& Khalid, Manal Muhammad& Said, Uthman K.. Perceptions and expectations of medical students towards the quality of educational services offered at a Sudanese University : how far is the gap ?. Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences. 2015. Vol. 10, no. 4, pp.137-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-656658
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 145-146
Record ID
BIM-656658