Table IV

Importance of Various Teaching Modalities

ActivityMean score (and SD)
Independent reading/studying6.10 (3.30)
Tutorials6.10 (2.66)
Resident teaching5.74 (2.66)
Seminars5.31 (2.27)
Ward/service rounds4.98 (2.24)
Operating room4.98 (2.14)
Clinics4.48 (2.60)
Other rounds (grand rounds, trauma conference, gastrointestinal, pathology, radiology...)4.33 (2.25)
Attending physicians’ teaching3.80 (2.72)
Nurses’ teaching3.25 (3.11)
  • Score is given as a rank from 1 to 10, where 1 is least important and 10 is most important.