among the various methods of clinical teaching, rounds and grand rounds are considered as the gold standards. clinical round includes some standard components and it plays an effective role in student's learning process. the aim of this study was to evaluate the content of teaching rounds in 40 clinical wards in 4 medical teaching hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences in...

BACKGROUND Holding educational sessions in a clinical environment is a major concern for faculty members because of its special difficulties and restrictions. This study attempts to recognize the challenges of the ward round teaching through investigating the experiences of clinical teachers in 2011. MATERIALS AND METHODS This qualitative research is carried out through purposive sampling wit...

scientific educational-research festivals are regularly designed programmes in which one or more educational or research areas are discussed. every festival is usually focused on a specific academic domain, and relevant activities in one specific time period (e.g. one year) are investigated. these festivals provide an appropriate situation for the scientific competition among educational and re...

This paper explores the ways in which ward rounds can be conducted to maximize educational opportunities, as part of a project to improve the effectiveness of on-the-job training (OJT) for hospital doctors. Ninety ward rounds taken by 24 trainers in the Anglia region were observed. Each observation produced a note of the ward round's structure and routines and of the contributions made to it by...

The patients' rights status is one of the essential elements in defining norms related to the concept of clinical governance system. In addition, the patients' rights status is an important index for quality of care offered in the health care system. However, the lack of a coherent instrument makes it difficult to evaluate patients' rights status in hospitals and clinics. The aim of this study ...