Sen Yang, Huaxin Zhao, Hanzhi Zhang, Junpeng Wang, Hua Jin, Kyle Stirling, Xuhua Ge, Le Ma, Zhen Pu, Xiaomin Niu, Dehua Yu
Current status and continuing medical education need for general practitioners in Tibet, China: a cross-sectional study
BMC medical education
bedside teaching bst facilitates medical education reduced practice often due patientrelated concerns study aimed validate questionnaire exploring patients attitudes towards bst international guidelines questionnaire development followed seven steps included literature review patient interviews development clear understandable items expert validation cognitive interviewing pilot testing statistical analyses included exploratory factor analysis internal consistency investigation demographic influences discriminant validity across subscales following literature review 32 interviews conducted potential items developed reviewed adapted experts medical education statistics reviewed draft questionnaire fifteen patients consented cognitive testing 401 consenting patients completed final version median age participants 35 years age range 18 70 years participants included women attending antenatal 40 postnatal 32 gynaecology issues 28 one third 29 taken part medical student teaching previously statistical analyses found twofactor solution consisting educate medical professionals conditions participation subscales good internal consistency responses vary age education participants optedin teaching ward bedside endorsed higher levels educate medical professionals suggesting discriminant validity majority patients 92 reported happy involved bst patients believed asked participate bst feel stressed unwell 682 study shows extensive patient support bst independent age education desire educate strong motivating factor strong support patients bst area medical schools universities potentially develop future versions questionnaire may include virtual bedside teaching context social distancing