Table 7.
Absolute and relative frequencies of the different types of student mistakes in bedside teaching in three medical disciplines
| Type of mistake | Discipline | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal medicine | Neurology | Orthopaedics | Overall | |||||
| Quantity | Ratio (%) | Quantity | Ratio (%) | Quantity | Ratio (%) | Quantity | Ratio (%) | |
| Reproduction mistake | 84 | 42.2 | 31 | 25.2 | 7 | 14.0 | 122 | 32.8 |
| Comprehension mistake | 29 | 14.6 | 18 | 14.6 | 8 | 16.0 | 55 | 14.8 |
| Application mistake regarding skills | 47 | 23.6 | 52 | 42.3 | 13 | 26.0 | 112 | 30.1 |
| Application mistake regarding knowledge | 31 | 15.6 | 10 | 8.1 | 11 | 22.0 | 52 | 14.0 |
| Analytic mistake | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 8.9 | 9 | 18.0 | 20 | 5.4 |
| Other mistakes | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 7 | 1.9 |
| Mistakes related to misunderstandings/misinterpretations | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.1 |