Preferred teaching styles of medical faculty: an international multi-center study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the current wave of educational reforms, understanding teaching styles of medical faculty can help modify instructional strategies for effective teaching. Few studies have probed distinctive teaching styles of medical faculty. We compared preferred teaching styles of faculty from seven medical schools in United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Sudan.

Methods

The validated Grasha-Riechmann teaching style inventory was administered online for data collection and used SPSS version 20.0 for statistical analysis.

Results

Of the 460 invitees, 248 responded (response rate; 54%). Delegator teaching style was most common with a highest median and mean of 2.38 and 2.45, respectively. There was a significant correlation between

SUBMITTER: Dash NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708200 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature