Journal of North Khorasan

Abstract Background & Objectives: clinical education is one of the crucial aspects of teaching that leads to acquiring clinical qualification. Clinical education is affected by variety of factors which made us to conduct this systematic review on these factors. Material & Methods: published articles since 1992 till 2011 were systematically reviewed based on systematic search, screening, quality evaluation, collecting and analyzing data from databases such as Pubmed, Irandoc, Iranmedex, SID, Magiran, INLM, Scholar google, Med lib, and Iranian journals . The searching was done using keywords clinical education, viewpoint, Midwifery, Nursing, Student. Results: Based on results the effective factors included educational goals and plans, instructors performance, clinical environment, facilities, and students' personal characteristics. Totally there were no significant differences between instructors' and students' views on the effect of clinical education but the effect of clinical environment was mentioned more by instructors and effect of instructors' performance by students. Conclusion: due to need for more precise assessment of each factor and present condition, more efficient strategies should be sought with the help of instructors, students and other stake holders.