Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2023 Jul-Sep;35(3):433-436. doi: 10.55519/JAMC-03-12087.
Medical teacher plays an important role in the education of medical students. Medical students always portray their teacher as an ideal. The objective of the study was to find the gap between the best qualities that an ideal medical teacher should have and the best qualities that a medical teacher actually has.
This cross-sectional survey was conducted at Ayub Medical College Abbottabad from April 2021 to Dec 2021. Consented students of 4th year and Final year MBBS were the participants. Data regarding the qualities of the best medical teacher was collected on Likert scaled validated survey questionnaire. Two closed-ended questionnaires were used. Items were the same in both questionnaires. One questionnaire (Questionnaire A) was regarding expectations of students and what qualities they expected in their ideal medical teacher. The second questionnaire (questionnaire B) was about the qualities that a medical teacher actually had been exhibiting those students had experienced. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 22.0.
A total of 210 students participated in this study, 126 students were from 4th year and 84 were from the final year of MBBS. Ninety-one and a half percent of students thought that an ideal medical teacher should be competent in his/her subject but in reality, 48% of students reported that their teachers are competent. Ninety-four percent of students rated that an ideal medical teacher should have excellent communication skills but in reality, only 33% reported that their teachers are having good communication skills. Eighty-three (83%) students expect their teachers should be students friendly but in reality, only 22% of teachers are students caring. Eighty-nine percent of students expect that an ideal medical teacher shall demonstrate clinical skills to students but in reality, only 36% experienced demonstration from their teachers.
There is a big gap between the expected qualities of a medical teacher and the qualities that a teacher has in reality from students' perspectives. Teachers should be trained to bridge this gap.
医学教师在医学生的教育中起着重要作用。医学生总是将他们的老师理想化。本研究的目的是发现理想医学教师应具备的最佳素质与实际医学教师所具备的最佳素质之间的差距。
本横断面调查于 2021 年 4 月至 12 月在阿伯塔巴德的阿尤布医学院进行。参与者为四年级和五年级的 MBBS 学生。使用李克特量表评估的验证调查问卷收集有关最佳医学教师素质的数据。使用了两份封闭式问卷。两份问卷的项目相同。一份问卷（问卷 A）是关于学生的期望以及他们期望在理想的医学教师身上看到哪些素质。第二份问卷（问卷 B）是关于学生所经历的实际教师所表现出的素质。使用 SPSS 版本 22.0 进行数据分析。
共有 210 名学生参加了这项研究，其中 126 名来自四年级，84 名来自 MBBS 五年级。91.5%的学生认为理想的医学教师应该在其学科领域有能力，但实际上，只有 48%的学生报告他们的教师有能力。94%的学生认为理想的医学教师应该有出色的沟通技巧，但实际上只有 33%的学生报告他们的教师有良好的沟通技巧。83%的学生希望他们的老师应该对学生友好，但实际上只有 22%的老师关心学生。89%的学生期望理想的医学教师向学生展示临床技能，但实际上只有 36%的学生从教师那里体验到了这一点。
从学生的角度来看，医学教师的期望素质与教师的实际素质之间存在很大差距。教师应该接受培训以缩小这一差距。
