出版社：Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
摘要：Background: KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) is a tertiary hospital in Singapore catering specifically to women and children. Undergraduate students from the three medical schools in Singapore rotate through KKH for their OBGYN clinical posting. We conducted this survey to find out their preferred methods and setting of teaching, so that we could optimize effective teaching by our tutors and tailor our curriculum delivery to meet our students’ needs and preferences. Methods: We surveyed a total of 83 fourth year medical students to find out their preferred teaching methods and settings at the start and end of their postings. Results: Small group teaching was the most preferred teaching setting by the medical students followed by one-to-one teaching; their least preferred setting was large group teaching. The top two preferred methods of teaching were bedside teaching/direct observation and case-based discussion. Their least preferred method of teaching was electronic/ video assisted learning followed by didactic lectures. Discussion and Conclusion: According to the survey, medical students preferred small group settings for clinical teaching and their preferred methods of teaching were bedside teaching/direct observation and case-based discussions. As our students’ preferences are in keeping with the available evidence on active adult learning theories, we have modified our curriculum delivery method to be pragmatic in our teaching approach and meet our students’ learning needs.
关键词：Obstetrics and Gynecology; medical student education; teaching methods; preferred learning methods
