Questions and options included in the electronic questionnaire | |
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1. | What is your grade? |
Consultant, SAS, StR, ST3, ST4, ST5, ST6, ST7, ST8, LAT | |
2. | What is your primary specialty? |
Rheumatology, Orthopaedics | |
3. | How frequently do you teach musculoskeletal examination skills to medical students? |
Daily, weekly, alternate weeks, monthly, alternate months, less than alternate months | |
4. | What medical school are you affiliated to? |
Birmingham, Keele, Leicester, Nottingham, Warwick | |
5. | How would you describe the overall structure of the curriculum at your medical school? |
Traditional, integrated, problem-based, spiral, don’t know | |
6. | How do you currently teach musculoskeletal examination skills to medical students? (tick all that apply) |
Students practising on peers | |
Students practising on instructors | |
Students practising on simulated patients | |
Students practising on real patients | |
Plastic rubber models | |
Audio-visual aids | |
Role-playing | |
Anatomy cadaver lab | |
Multi-media computer-assisted learning | |
Social media | |
Leaflets/Handouts | |
7. | How would you prefer to teach musculoskeletal examination to improve detection of disease? (tick all that apply) |
Students practising on peers | |
Students practising on instructors | |
Students practising on simulated patients | |
Students practising on real patients | |
Plastic rubber models | |
Audio-visual aids | |
Role-playing | |
Anatomy cadaver lab | |
Multi-media computer-assisted learning | |
Social media | |
Leaflets/handouts | |
8. | Do you teach using GALS (Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine) screen? |
Yes, No | |
9. | If you do not teach using GALS, why is this? (tick all that apply) |
GALS does not reflect my clinical practice | |
It is not incorporated into our local undergraduate curriculum | |
I have no experience of using it | |
It does not feature in summative assessment of students | |
I prefer to have my own individual examination style | |
I would rather students spend time on regional examination of the MSK system | |
Other (free text) | |
10. | With reference to GALS: |
I feel confident in performing GALS on patients | |
I feel confident in demonstrating GALS to medical students | |
I regularly use GALS as part of my patient assessment | |
I see GALS being used regularly in the “medical clerking” | |
I believe GALS to be an important part of any “medical clerking” | |
(strongly disagree, disagree, neutral/unsure, strongly agree) | |
11. | Is GALS incorporated into the undergraduate curriculum (in your medical school)? |
Yes, No, Don’t know | |
12. | In your opinion, what are the main barriers to effective undergraduate musculoskeletal examination teaching? (tick all that apply) |
Lack of applicability of teaching techniques to current practice | |
Lack of time | |
Lack of effective educational tools for teachers | |
Lack of a standardised approach to examination | |
Lack of interest by students | |
Lack of interest by teachers | |
Organisational/Institutional | |
Other (free text) | |
13. | What do you see as possible solutions to these barriers, if any? |
Free text | |
14. | What ways could improve your confidence to teach musculoskeletal examination skills, if any? |
Free text | |
15. | Any other comments? |
Free text |