Evaluation of The Readiness of Vocational School of Health Services’ Students

The evaluation of students’ readiness can contribute to education in many ways, such as ensuring the development and the adequacy of education, and the quality of the program. The aim of this study is to measure the levels of readiness of the Vocational School of Health Services’ students in the mentioned fields. The research was a cross sectional study. "Metacognitive Awareness Inventory(MAI), Communication Skills Assessment Scale(CSA), Problem Solving Inventory(PSI), SelfAssessment Form(SAF)” were used as data collection tools. Data were collected using the self-filling technique at the beginning of the 2015-2016 academic year. Voluntary consent was given. Research was carried out with first year students of seven different programs. All students enrolled in the program (n=156) were included in the study. Data were collected from 146 students, two who were repeating the first year were excluded. Access rate was 92.3%. The mean age was 20.27±3.78(min:18-max:9). 70.8% of students are female. 50%, 43.8%, and 5.6% of students grew up in a city, town, village respectively. 36.8% of students’ mothers graduated from primary school, 38.2% of students’ fathers from high school. 34% of students graduated from Anatolian High School. Students’ mean score for CSA, MAI, PSI and SAF was 100.78±16:12(min:58-Max:120), 191.25±38.48(min:108-max:245), 132.83±33.02(min:32?max:173). 80.85±20.43(min:29- Max:107) respectively.