Abstract
Background: The need for bedside teaching is very much documented in the literature providing
extraordinary opportunity for modelling of professionalism. Objectives of this study were to explore the
teachers’ perceptions and issues, and recommend solutions to promote bedside teaching. Methods: The
descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in four public sector medical colleges located in the
city of Lahore Pakistan from March to September 2018. The study included 116 teachers, 29 from each
institution. Results: Average age of participants was 47.5 years, with male preponderance. Strong
agreement on cordial relationship, motivation, professional behaviour, communication barriers because
of time constraint, lack of awareness, and disagreement on noisy environment were found. Conclusion:
Bedside teaching is a unique valuable, traditional, clinical instructional tool with remarkable benefits,
yet being underutilised due to certain challenges which need to be addressed in order to revive this lost
and dying art.
Sajid Hussain, Sadia Zaheer. (2020) TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS ABOUT BEDSIDE TEACHING IN PUBLIC SECTOR MEDICAL COLLEGES OF LAHORE, Pakistan Journal of Physiology, Volume 16, Issue 2.
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