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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Teach Learn Med. 2009;21(2):105–110. doi: 10.1080/10401330902791156

TABLE 3.

Respondent perceptions concerning learning core clinical skills at the bedside

Attending Rounds at the Bedside are Very Important/Somewhat Important for Learning These Medical Skills/Functions* Response
a. History taking 55%
b. Physical Examination Skills 89%
c. Professionalism 72%
d. Physician–Patient Communication Skills 83%
e. Differential Diagnosis 43%
f. Patient Management 59%
*

Response categories: very important, somewhat important, neutral, not very important, not at all important. “Very important” and “somewhat important” responses summed and presented as a cumulative percentage.