Medical Teachers' Attitude Towards Teaching Profession.

Autor: Dashputra, Amruta V., Chari, Suresh, Date, Amit, Badwaik, R. T., Sidddique, R.
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Zdroj: National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine; Jan/Feb2019, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p11-16, 6p
Abstrakt: Background: Teachers have an important role in preparing a capable young generation in the society and medical education is no exception. For good medical care of community, quality medical education is must. Thus teachers' attitude towards this noble profession will affect the learning process among medical student. Objectives: 1) To assess attitude of medical teachers regarding respect, satisfaction, creativity and earning in teaching profession. 2) To compare attitude of pre clinical and clinical teachers about teaching profession. Material and Method: A questionnaire based cross sectional study was conducted a NKP Salve institute of medical sciences. A questionnaire of 20 items was validated by ten members of MET unit of institute. Questionnaire was rated on Likert scale. This prevalidated questionnaire was administered to teachers [n=90 (preclinical 42+ clinical 48)] Results: There is no statistically significant difference in opinion found between teachers of preclinical and clinical departments. Most of teachers strongly agreed that teaching is interesting profession (mean 4.19, SD 0.85) and they enjoy teaching (mean 4.12, SD 1.06). Conclusion: Preclinical and clinical teachers had positive attitude about teaching profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index