Background:Based on the importance of surgical and clinical skills for any doctor, regardless of his specialty, it was necessary to assess the knowledge and familiarity of medical students and recent graduates with these skills, perhaps this assessment would be a constructive step towards improving the professional reality of all doctors in our country.Methods:We surveyed medical students in Syrian Universities by a questionnare which was published via online students platforms. Main topics of the questionnaire concerned basic surgical and clinical skills by twenty questions that were taken from international references.Results:The final sample was 500 questionnaires and 77% of the students had an intermediate assessment. A relationship was noted with the University where they studied and the gender of participants. The percentage of correct answers ranged from 29% to 76.8% for surgical skills and from 9% to 98.4% for clinical skills.Conclusions:We have noticed a defect in many students in applying their theoretical knowledge in a good practical way, so we suggested that these faculties adopt systematic plans to develop the teaching of these skills and provide efficient scientific expertise in addition to improving training methods by reducing the number of Students and placing them in an appropriate environment with securing the necessary laboratories and equipment.
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