Investigating the Duties and Performance of Advisors from the Perspective of Students at Shahroud University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Background: Providing guidance and counseling services by advisors provides students with appropriate solutions to solve problems, which increases insight, growth of social relationships, and greater efficiency of the educational and training system. Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the duties and performance of advisors from the perspective of students at Shahroud University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted using a stratified random sampling method on 336 students of Shahroud University of Medical Sciences in the academic year 2023 - 2024. To collect data, a demographic information checklist and a questionnaire on the duties and performance of consulting professors by Ebrahimi Pour et al. were used. After collection, the data were entered into SPSS18 and analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics. Results: In this study, a total of 336 people participated in the study, with the average age of the participants being 21.25 ± 1.70 years, most of the participants were female (59.8%), 201 were in the 18 - 21 age group (61%), 311 were single, 116 were in the medical field (34.5%), 122 were in the medical school (36.3%), 211 were in the undergraduate level (62.8%), 300 were in the full-time program (89.3%), 255 were non-native (75.9%), and the duration of counseling was between 0-12 months (87.5%). And except for age group and tasks (0.288), faculty and performance (0.027), section and performance (0.317), and the duration of counseling and tasks (0.071), there was no significant relationship, and there was a significant relationship between the other variables and the mean, standard deviation of the task score 73.27 ± 15.92 and the lowest score was 20 and the highest score was 100. In the case of performance, it was 27.38 ± 7.91 and the lowest score was 14 and the highest was 42. Conclusions: Although most students were satisfied with the duties and performance of the advisors, it is still necessary to achieve the desired goals and maintain the conditions, and to provide various facilities to provide better advisory services.