BACKGROUND Numeric pagers are commonly used communication devices in healthcare, but cannot convey important information such as the reason for or urgency of the page. Alphanumeric pagers can display both numbers and text, and may address some of these communication problems. OBJECTIVE Our primary aim was to implement an alphanumeric paging system. DESIGN Continuous quality improvement stud...

BACKGROUND Bedside teaching is a patient-based teaching method in medical education. The present study has been conducted with the aim of investigating the quality of bedside teaching in the internal wards of Qaem and Imam Reza Educational Hospitals. METHODS This study follows a mixed qualitative-quantitative approach using checklists on educational clinical rounds in Imam Reza and Qaem Hospi...

it has long been a common goal for both medical educators and ethicists to develop effective methods or programs for medical ethics education. the current lecture-based courses of medical ethics programs in medical schools are demonstrated as insufficient models for training “good doctors’’. in this study, we introduce an innovative program for medical ethics education in an extra-curricular st...

OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to determine the impact of family presence during PICU rounds on family satisfaction, resident teaching, and length of rounds and to assess factors associated with family satisfaction. METHODS This was an observational study of a convenience sample of morning work rounds in a PICU, followed by surveys of family members of patients in the unit and residents who h...

BACKGROUND Teaching sessions for medical students during ward rounds are an essential component of bedside teaching, providing students with the opportunity to regard patients as actual people, and to observe their physical conditions directly, allowing a better understanding of illnesses to be developed. We aim to explore medical students' perceptions regarding medical and surgical ward rounds...

Introduction: The use of clinical rounds, as an integral part ofclinical teaching to help medical students acquire essential skillsof practicing medicine, is critically important. An understandingof medical teachers’ perceptions concerning the challenges ofclinical rounds can help identify the key areas of focus to betterfoster professional development of medical students. This studyexplored th...

BACKGROUND Stereotype threat, defined as the predicament felt by people in either positive or negative learning experiences where they could conform to negative stereotypes associated with their own group membership, can interfere with learning. The purpose of this study was to determine if a simple orientation session could reduce stereotype threat for orthopedic residents. METHODS The inter...

OBJECTIVES Evaluations in the clinical arena are fraught with problems. Current assessments of clinical teaching typically measure attributes of clinical teachers in overly broad terms, are often subjective and often succumb to the halo effect. This is in contradistinction to measurements of lectures, workshops or online educational content, which can more readily be assessed using objective cr...