4. Potential Teaching Skills Needed as a Clinical Teacher for Teaching Medical Sciences: A Cross-Sectional Study
Aurangzeb Shaikh1, Fouzia Kirmani2, Rabia Aftab3, Ali Zeb4, Aun Ali3 and Raj Kumar1
ABSTRACT
Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify the teaching skills required for clinical teachers in the field of medical sciences.
Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College, Karachi from June 2022 to November 2022.
Methods: The questionnaire used in the study for data collection from all participants was a predesigned self-administered survey form developed from Literature. It has a list of 17 potential teaching factors/ skills (1= may not have and 5= must have according to literature that was valued the most in a clinical teacher. They included evidence-based teaching, creativity in teaching methodology, teaching based on student needs, community-based education, enforcing equal opportunity, helping students to focus on key issues, encouraging evidence to a critique, encouraging an open & trusting environment, encouraging & appreciate diversity, encourage creative work, CME/CPD for teaching skill, leadership skill, commitment to work, provides positive feedback, appreciation for research and encourage critical thinking. Definitions were provided with each skill for better understanding.
Results: A total of 104 clinical faculty members of FRPMC completed the questionnaire. Among the seventeen potential teaching factors/skills, effective Communication Skills, enforcing equal Opportunity and commitment to work obtained a mean score exceeding 4 out of 5. Based on the survey results, the teaching skills that received a mean score between 3.5 to 3.9 are evidence-based teaching, creativity in teaching methodology, community-based education, helping students to focus on key issues, encouraging an open and trustworthy environment, appreciating diversity, encouraging creative work, providing CME/CPD for teaching skills and leadership skills, providing positive feedback, appreciation for research, and encouraging critical thinking. Teaching based on student needs and encouraging evidence for critique has a mean score of below 3.5.
Conclusion: The study helped us to identify key skills required by clinical faculty. The clinical faculty highlighted effective Communication Skills, enforcing equal Opportunity, and commitment to work as the most important skills among the seventeen potential teaching factors/skills.
Key Words: Clinical, communication, faculty, Skills.
Citation of article: Shaikh A, Kirmani F, Aftab R, Zeb A, Ali A, Kumar R. Potential Teaching Skills Needed as a Clinical Teacher for Teaching Medical Sciences: A Cross-Sectional Study. Med Forum 2024;35(2):17-21. doi:10.60110/medforum.350204.