Identifying the challenges to good clinical rounds: A focus-group study of medical teachers

摘要

Introduction:The use of clinical rounds, as an integral part of clinical teaching to help medical students acquire essential skills of practicing medicine, is critically important. An understanding of medical teachers’ perceptions concerning the challenges of clinical rounds can help identify the key areas of focus to better foster professional development of medical students. This study explored the opinions of medical teachers of Kerman University of Medical Sciences about the challenges embedded in clinical rounds. There is a paucity of studies regarding the topic under investigation in our context.