Memon, ShehlaLouw, Jakobus MurrayBac, MartinHugo, Johannes F.M.Rauf, Waqar-Un NisaSandars, John Edward2016-11-112016-11-112016-07-07Memon SJ, Louw JM, Bac M, Hugo J, Rauf W-UN & Sandars JE. Students’ perceptions of the instructional quality of district hospital–based training. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2016;8(1), a1028. http://dx.DOI. org/ 10.4102/phcfm.v8i1.1028.2071-2928 (print)2071-2936 (online)10.4102/phcfm.v8i1.1028http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57931BACKGROUND : An innovative, three-year training programme, the Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice (BCMP), for mid-level medical healthcare workers was started in 2009 by the Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria. AIM : To measure the students’ perceptions of the instructional quality of district hospitalbased training. SETTING : Training of students took place at clinical learning centres in rural district hospitals in the Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces. METHODS : A survey using the MedEd IQ questionnaire was performed in 2010 and 2011 to measure BCMP second- and third-year students’ perceptions of instructional quality of district hospital-based training. The MedEd IQ questionnaire is composed of four subscales: preceptor activities, learning opportunities, learner involvement and the learning environment. Composite scores of instructional quality were used to present results. RESULTS : The preceptor activities, learning opportunities and the learning environment were considered by second- and third-year BCMP students to be of consistently high instructional quality. In the area of learner involvement, instructional quality increased significantly from second to third year. CONCLUSION : Overall, instructional quality of district hospital-based training was high for both second- and third-year BCMP students, and the instructional quality of learner involvement being significantly higher in third year students. The MedEd IQ tool was a useful tool for measuring instructional quality and to inform programme quality improvement.en© 2016. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice (BCMP)Students’ perceptionsInstructional qualityDistrict hospitalbased trainingHealth sciences articles SDG-03SDG-03: Good health and well-beingArticle