A Holistic Approach to Bedside Teaching from the Views of Main Users

Abstract

Introduction: Clinical education concerns with acquiring lots of skills and competencies that enable health professionals to function properly and provide services effectively. The aim of this study was to evaluate a holistic examination on bedside teaching from the views of its main users. Materials and methods: This is a cross sectional study on 70 teachers (clinical and nursing), 70 students (medical and nursing), 400 patients in Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. Data gathering tool was a three-part questionnaire in which the first part was assigned to demographic data, the second part was 10 five-part questions aiming at investigating bedside teaching quality for teachers, students, and patients. Reliability was 0.83, 0.78, and 0.89 respectively. Results: The results showed that teachers evaluated bedside teaching in three areas of communication skills (50.4), proper clinical examination (44.4), and developing professional skills (44.4) more than other fields. Sharing some in common, the students also had a higher average in acquisition of professional skills (83.3) enhancing knowledge of students (82.3) and obtaining a suitable model of communication (72.3). The patients also considered factors such as high selfesteem, feeling of satisfaction (3.83), humanized health care (3.83), and transfer of information to both teachers and students (3.83) higher than other factors. Conclusion: According to the results, it is necessary to appropriately train teachers to meet these standards, and while justifying students to implement this method and its benefits, patients' satisfaction, enhancing health care, and effective clinical governance should be provided.

Perceptions and evaluation regarding clinical teaching among nursing students in a selected nursing college in Selangor

“…The majority of the participants (40%) stated that the tutor had averagely summarised the main ideas. Similar results were found in the study done which also showed that 44% of the students reported that the clinical tutor has averagely summarised the main ideas 11 . The question on guidance and encouragement by the tutor was discussed by the students with 43% stating that average guidance and encouragement were given to them.…”