Teacher-Student and Teacher-Patients Interaction Time in the Ambulatory Settings in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Regarding the importance of ambulatory education and its challenges, this study was done to investigate Teacher-Student and Teacher-Patients Interaction Time in educational ambulatory settings in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. In a descriptive cross-sectional study, Teacher-Student and Teacher-Patients Interaction Time of 45 teachers was investigated in educational ambulatory settings in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences during the academic year of 2007-200. Teacher - student interaction and teacher- patients interaction time and the number of visiting patients per hour was investigated by researcher. The gathered data was analyzed statistically using descriptive statistical indexes frequency percentile. Teacher –patient interaction was less than 5 minutes in more than 50% of ambulatory settings. Teacher –students interaction was less than 5 minutes in less than 50% of ambulatory settings. The number of visited patients during an hour in 70% of the health centers was one patient. The finding showed that teacher- students and teacher -patient interaction time were low and suggested some solution for this problem.