Woodfield Georgia, O'Sullivan Marie
University of Bristol Academy, Great Western Hospital, Swindon, UK.
Clin Teach. 2014 Apr;11(2):136-40. doi: 10.1111/tct.12084.
The principle teachers of the undergraduate medical curriculum are junior doctors and consultants, who may not necessarily be trained to teach. In addition, pressurised clinical environments may limit teaching time and decrease teaching quality. Clinical teaching fellows (CTFs) are doctors employed to teach, often undergoing a teaching qualification. This makes them well placed to bridge this gap between clinical practice and medical education.
How useful are CTFs as a teaching resource for medical students, from a student perspective?
This is an evaluation of CTF teaching from student perspectives, with discussion relating to the role of CTFs. Questionnaires were given to 70 final-year medical students during the academic year 2011-2012. Questions related to teaching throughout medical school and involved scoring teaching numerically, with additional free-text sections for qualitative data.
A total of 38/70 (54%) students responded. All had received CTF teaching. All of the students said that CTFs were 'extremely useful' for teaching. There were many reasons given for this. Students also highlighted the managerial and pastoral benefits of CTFs.
We believe that CTFs could be a useful asset in all medical schools by delivering high-quality, reliable, standardised teaching for students, as an adjunct to consultant teaching, with additional managerial roles and trainee benefits. CTFs can benefit non-CTF trainees by facilitating and encouraging them to teach. CTFs can organise sessions and advise on curriculum topics, allowing trainees to deliver more targeted teaching. Teaching students may improve trainees' communication, management and leadership skills, which are useful for clinical practice.
本科医学课程的主要教师是初级医生和顾问医生，他们不一定接受过教学培训。此外，临床环境压力大可能会限制教学时间并降低教学质量。临床教学研究员（CTF）是受雇从事教学工作的医生，通常会获得教学资质。这使他们能够很好地弥合临床实践与医学教育之间的差距。
从学生的角度来看，临床教学研究员作为医学生的教学资源有多大用处？
这是一项从学生角度对临床教学研究员教学进行的评估，并讨论了临床教学研究员的作用。在2011 - 2012学年期间，向70名医学专业最后一年的学生发放了问卷。问题涉及整个医学院的教学情况，包括对教学进行数字评分，以及有额外的自由文本部分用于收集定性数据。
共有38/70（54%）名学生回复。所有学生都接受过临床教学研究员的教学。所有学生都说临床教学研究员对教学“极其有用”。对此给出了很多原因。学生们还强调了临床教学研究员在管理和辅导方面的益处。
我们认为，临床教学研究员可以成为所有医学院校的一项有用资产，他们可以为学生提供高质量、可靠、标准化的教学，作为顾问医生教学的补充，同时承担额外的管理职责并为实习生带来益处。临床教学研究员可以通过促进和鼓励非临床教学研究员的实习生进行教学，使其从中受益。临床教学研究员可以组织课程并就课程主题提供建议，让实习生能够进行更有针对性的教学。教授学生可能会提高实习生的沟通、管理和领导技能，这些技能对临床实践很有用。
