Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Abstract

This paper involves the obtained results of an 'Elective Program' project which was carried out by Phase I Medical Students of the 1998-1999 academic year at the Faculty of Medicine (POM), University of Malaya (UM). A questionnaire was designed to survey the attitudes of teachers at FOM-UM, the subject of choice of a 4 student group who were supervised by a faculty member. Students obtained a list of faculty members (teachers) of all academic departments from the Dean's Office and rehearsed their interviewing skills prior to collecting the data of the questionnaire, within a 1-week period. Respondents were 146 out of 275 in total (53%), which included all academic ranks and clinical and non-clinical teachers. Results showed that respondents were well qualified, have enough teaching experience and teach in a variety of forms. All teachers liked to teach and were motivated; however, 15% felt unhappy about their teaching and 6% did not think that their teaching was effective. The majority (96%) of teachers liked their teaching to be evaluated and many revealed several means to assist and motivate students. Teachers felt that there was room for improvement in the aspect of student-teacher interactions. Results of this project revealed that POM-UM is well endowed by qualified, motivated and caring teachers who wish for better interactions with their students.

Keywords

Teaching Attitudes, Faculty of Medicine, Elective Program, Medical Teachers

Publication Title

Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC)

ISSN

1823-7339

Divisions

fac_med

Volume

4

Issue

1

Publisher

Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya

Additional Information

University of Malaya. Faculty of Medicine. Dept. of Physiology

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