“Toxic” bedside teaching: patient impact

Jack FT Cope Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK I have read with great interest the article by Olasoji,1 demonstrating how “toxic” teaching methods are still very much prevalent, and damaging, within medical teaching. As a fi...

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Main Author: Cope JFT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2018-09-01
Series:Advances in Medical Education and Practice
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Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/toxic-bedside-teaching-patient-impact-peer-reviewed-article-AMEP
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Summary:Jack FT Cope Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK I have read with great interest the article by Olasoji,1 demonstrating how “toxic” teaching methods are still very much prevalent, and damaging, within medical teaching. As a final-year medical student who has experienced “toxic” teaching throughout several of my clinical attachments, I felt that I should share my opinion, and how this may affect future clinical practices.  View the original paper by Olasoji 
ISSN:1179-7258