FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS FOR BEDSIDE TEACHING IN THE TEACHING HOSPITALS OF COASTAL SOUTH INDIA

Authors

  • Ramesh Holla Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Medini Shrisha Undergraduate medical student, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University) Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan Professor and Head of Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University) Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • Nishtha Sharma Undergraduate medical student, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University) Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • Sai Janani Undergraduate medical student, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University) Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • Rekha Thapar Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • Prasanna Mithra Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • Nithin Kumar Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Vaman Kulkarni Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • Darshan Bb Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • Avinash Kumar Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • Karthik Reddy Undergraduate medical student, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University) Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • Divya Prakash Undergraduate medical student, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University) Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

Abstract

 

Objectives: The aim was to assess and compare the perception of clinical faculty toward bedside teaching (BST) for undergraduate medical students
and the barriers encountered by them.
Methods: The present cross-sectional study was carried out among clinical faculty of three tertiary care hospitals attached to a medical college
in Mangalore. A total of 94 clinical faculties, excluding the post-graduates, were approached by using convenient sampling. A semi structured
questionnaire was distributed to the participants of this study. The response to the perceptions and barriers of BST was captured using five-point
Likert scale.
Results: The age of the study participants ranged from 27 to 60 years (mean age of 38±8.85 years). Most of the study participants strongly agreed
that BST is an essential part of clinical medicine, which improves communication skills, practical skills by providing trigger scenarios to stimulate
learning. They disagreed toward classroom teaching being equal to BST in imparting knowledge and students being capable of acquiring knowledge
from clinical books without BST. There was a significant difference in perception score of barriers toward BST among medical and surgical faculty in
relation to bigger group size and increase the workload being deterring factors for effective BST.
Conclusion: BST is still valued by the clinical fraternity as an efficient teaching tool for the medical students even in this era of simulation based
training.
Keywords: Bedside teaching, Facilitators, Barrier, Clinical faculty.

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Published

01-03-2015

How to Cite

Holla, R., M. Shrisha, B. Unnikrishnan, N. Sharma, S. Janani, R. Thapar, P. Mithra, N. Kumar, V. Kulkarni, D. Bb, A. Kumar, K. Reddy, and D. Prakash. “FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS FOR BEDSIDE TEACHING IN THE TEACHING HOSPITALS OF COASTAL SOUTH INDIA”. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, vol. 8, no. 2, Mar. 2015, pp. 271-3, https://mail.innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/4828.

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Vol 8 Issue 2 (March - April) 2015

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