Table 1.

Distribution and reliability of different teaching styles as calculated by Cronbach’s alpha in our study as compared with other two published reports

Teaching styles	Items	Reliability	Reliability [19]	Reliability [20]
Expert	1–6–11-16-21-26-31-36	0.73	0.78	0.73
Authority	2–7–12-17-22-27-32-37	0.82	0.82	0.80
Demonstrator	3–8–13-18-23-28-33-38	0.76	0.74	0.71
Facilitator	4–9–14-19-24-29-34-39	0.78	0.80	0.75
Delegator	5–10–15-20-25-30-35-40	0.82	0.72	0.83