designing a customized model of effective clinical teaching for an undergraduate medical program: protocol for a mixed-method study

Background: clinical teaching is a vital component of medical education. however, evidenceindicates that clinical teaching still confronts numerous challenges, as its quantity and qualityare not always desirable. the need for improvement has been emphasized in the planning,teaching, and evaluation of clinical education. therefore, this study aims to design a customizedmodel of effective clinical teaching for the undergraduate medical program.methods: a mixed-method study will be conducted in three consecutive phases. the firstphase, using a grounded theory approach, explores the lived experiences of clinical teachers andundergraduate medical students concerning effective clinical education in an undergraduatemedical program. in the second phase, a systematized review will be conducted on secondarydata sources to fill theoretical categories and to extend the theory emerging from the qualitativephase. finally, in the third phase, a model of clinical teaching will be developed for anundergraduate medical program.discussion: the findings of this study will offer new insights into the clinical teaching paradigmin developing curriculum, setting policies, designing suitable undergraduate medical-clinicaleducation programs, and developing effective teaching methods. these results will contributeto understanding the challenges of clinical education in an undergraduate medical program.