Evaluation of student’s perception of operation theatre learning.

Authors

  • Sheikh Atiq-ur-Rehman Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur.
  • Usman Mahboob Institute of Health Professions Education & Research, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Ishaq Khan Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2026.33.05.7507

Keywords:

Operation Theatre Learning, Operating Room Teaching, Surgical Teaching of Medical Students, Teaching Surgical Competency

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the perception of final-year medical students of operation theatre learning. Study Design: Quantitative & Cross Sectional. Setting: Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur. Period: 01-10-2021 to 31-12-2021. Methods: All final year MBBS students of this college were involved in the study. The questionnaire was prepared, the variables were selected and the Likert scale was used. The data was collected from the students and then the data was analyzed on SPSS version 23. Results: Two hundred & seventy medical students of final year MBBS class from Quaid-e-Azam medical college took part in this study. 69.7% of students were female and 30.3% of students were male. 67.68% of students disagreed that the space around the operation table was sufficient. 71.1% of students agreed that operation theatre learning was helpful in the examination. 71.5% of students agreed that I have a better internal motivation in operation theatre learning. Conclusion: The students become motivated with learning in the operation theatre. Operation theatre learning offers the medical students to build clinical cognitive recollection by joining in the perceptible sensation of live pathologies with pictorial images and vocal learning and then listening.

Author Biographies

Sheikh Atiq-ur-Rehman, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur.

FCPS (General Surgery), MRCS, MHPE (KMU), Professor Surgery, 

Usman Mahboob, Institute of Health Professions Education & Research, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.

MBBS, MPH, FHEA (UK), PhD (UK), Post-Doc (UK), Fellow FAIMER (USA), Associate Professor in Medical Education, 

Muhammad Ishaq Khan, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur.

FCPS (General Surgery), MRCS, FRCS, FACS, MCPS-HPE, Professor Surgery, 

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2026-05-01

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