Correlation of Residents’ Knowledge and Clinical Performance with Their Teaching Skill and Attitude
Ruangsak Lertkhachonsuk MD*, Danai Wangsaturaka MD**
Affiliation : * Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand ** Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Objective : To determine whether teaching skill is associated with knowledge or clinical performance in
Obstetrics and Gynecology residents, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand.
Material and Method: A questionnaire evaluating residents’ teaching skills was completed by medical
students using a global rating scale. The results were compared with the residents’ score from in-training
examination and clinical performance score from the medical staff. Correlation between teaching skill and
knowledge, teaching skill, and performance was done by using bivariate correlation.
Results : Forty-nine medical-students were enrolled to evaluate residents’ teaching skills. Twenty-eight
Obstetrics and Gynecology residents were evaluated in the present study. The correlation between teaching
skill and knowledge was not significant (r = 0.066; p = 0.25). The correlation between teaching skill and
clinical performance was not significant (r = 0.172; p = 0.28). However, clinical performance and knowledge
showed a significant correlation (r = 0.558; p = 0.002).
Conclusion : Clinical performance and knowledge had no correlation with teaching skill in Obstetrics and
Gynecology residents. However, results of the present study show that clinical performance and knowledge
had positive correlation. Training courses are recommended to increase residents’ abilities in the range of
teaching skills.
Keywords : Clinical competence, Education, Medical, Educational measurement, Internship and residency, Teaching
