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Table 2 Questions included in the electronic questionnaire sent to clinicians

From: Teaching musculoskeletal examination skills to UK medical students: A comparative survey of Rheumatology and Orthopaedic education practice

Questions and options included in the electronic questionnaire

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