Open AccessBEDSIDE LEARNING IN CLINICAL TRAINING;
Author(s) -
Khalid Farooq Danish,
Azra Saeed Awan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2008.15.03.2843
Subject(s) - medicine , session (web analytics) , presentation (obstetrics) , medical education , relevance (law) , surgery , world wide web , computer science , political science , law
Objectives: To find out the learning preferences of clinical students forbedside learning. Design: cross-sectional, descriptive. Methods: The study was done on medical students of theclinical classes in different Medical Colleges in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Both male and female students were included inthe study. All students were given a questionnaire consisting of 5 questions regarding their preferences for bedsidelearning. Open-ended comments were also invited. Results: A total of 227 students of clinical classes participated inthe study. Most preferred location for bedside learning was the ward (70%, N=158). Most preferred group size was 5(62%, N=140). For duration of bedside learning session most learners preferred 2 hours (59%, N=134). The opinionregarding the mode of case presentation was divided indecisively. Howevermost responders favored single presenter(28.6%, N=65). The preferred frequency of bedside learning sessions was ‘daily’ (49.7%, N=106). Conclusions:Learners in clinical classes prefer bedside teaching as a daily event. Their preferences indicate that the bedside learningpossesses a clinical relevance and offers contextual learning opportunity. Much remains to be learnt about the learners’preferences regarding instruction method in bedside learning.