Patients' & students' perspectives on bedside teaching: A descriptive study

Farhat Rehana Malik; Farzeen Khan

doi:10.12669/pjms.40.10.8743

Author(s)

Farhat Rehana Malik Department of Community Health Sciences, Peshawar Medical College, Warsak Road, Peshawar, Paksitan. Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Farzeen Khan Department of Community Dentistry, Peshawar Dental College, Warsak Road, Peshawar, Pakistan. Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Abstract

Objective: To assess the student's and patients' perspectives about bedside teaching and to identify possible barriers that delay efective bedside teaching. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at two teaching hospitals in Peshawar with 153 participants through non-probability serial sampling from December 2017 to March 2018. Interview-based validated questionnaires were used and pilot tested as well. Ethical approval was taken with the participant's consent. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 19.0 using descriptive statistics. Results: Among the total 79 students, all of them completed the questionnaires with a 100% response rate. However, from the 76 patients only 74 responded with a response rate of 97%. The majority of the patients (n=58; 78%) were satisfied with bedside teaching with no problems faced. During the bedside teaching only (n= 13; 18.2%) felt anxious while others, enjoyed (n= 59; 80.5%) with satisfaction and only 13% (n= 10) thought their privacy was breached. The satisfied students with the time spent on bedside teaching were (n= 52; 65.5%) while (n= 30; 38.7%) thought thirty minutes time was not enough. The hurdles faced were lack of practice (37.3%), fear of embarrassment in front of peers (21.3%), and lack of confidence to approach the patient (16%). Conclusion: The patients showed positive attitude and enjoyed bedside teaching. The students preferred it as a valuable tool for clinical experience. However, time constraints, lack of practice, lack of confidence, confidentiality, and anxiety must be overcome to make bedside teaching a useful method. Efective teaching still requires good teaching methodologies with confidence and competency.

Publication Details

Page(s) 2384-2389

DOI 10.12669/pjms.40.10.8743

Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Volume: 40, Issue: 10, Year: 2024

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Keywords

Patients, Medical students, Anxiety, Communication, Barriers, Teaching methods, Barriers

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