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Is bedside teaching necessary or acceptable in paediatrics?

Kathryn L Connelly and Michael S Gordon
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/mja12.11530
Published online: 21 January 2013

To the Editor: Bedside teaching is an important tool in medical education, highly regarded by students and supported by patients in adult medicine.1,2 Given the resource and practical constraints facing bedside teaching,3 it is important to justify and inform this method in the paediatric setting. No previous Australian study has explored bedside teaching in paediatrics.


  • Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.



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  • 4. Kianmehr N, Mofidi M, Yazdanpanah R, Ahmadi MA. Medical student and patient perspectives on bedside teaching. Saudi Med J 2010; 31: 565-568.

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