Instructional skills of surgical tutors.

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AIM

OF STUDY:
This study was aimed at evaluating the pattern of instructional skills of surgical tutors in a university hospital and the effect of feedback on this pattern.

METHOD:
Students who followed three clinical rotations at the Department of Surgery, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Kuwait, responded anonymously to a structured questionnaire on the instructional skills of their tutors immediately after the rotation was completed. The questionnaire included six statements related to teacher-centred instructional skills and six statements related to student-centred instructional skills. The students indicated their perception on a five-point rating scale (very poor, poor, fair, good and very good). A summary of students' opinions was made available to the teachers soon after each rotation.

RESULTS:
The percentage of good/very good categories was significantly higher in the teacher-centred skills compared with the student-centred skills (median (range), 87.05% (85.9-91.7) compared with 79.6% (76.6-80.6), (p = 0.004, Mann Whitney U test). This difference was significant in the first two rotations (p < 0.005) but not in the third rotation (p=0.59).

CONCLUSIONS:
This study shows that behaviours of teachers which dealt directly with the learner's role in learning received lower emphasis than the teacher-centred activities and that feedback may modify this behaviour.

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Author information

Author/s: Abu-Zidan, F M (FM); Premadasa, I G (IG);

Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital. fabuzidan(-atsign-)uaeu.ac.ae

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article

Journal: Singapore medical journal (Singapore Med J), published in Singapore. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 43 (issue 12) : pp 610-3

Dates: Created 2003/04/15; Completed 2003/06/11; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12693763, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Kuwait
Male
Questionnaires
Students, Medical - psychology
Surgery - education
Teaching

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