Campus Teaching of Clinical Dermatology Compared to Hospital Teaching to Medical Students of Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Introduction: Clinical teaching is the cornerstone of medical student teaching and training. Undoubtedly, the objective teaching is of great benefit to the students; on the other hand, many offenders let the hospital-based teaching lose this objectivity.

Aim: The goal was to assess clinical teaching outcomes on campus and in hospitals.

Methods: This is a descriptive and retrospective study. The students' results in the final clinical part of the dermatology examination have been used as a comparative indicator. The means of the final examination results were calculated for all students who sat for dermatology exams from 2013 to 2016, stratified by campus group (2013–2014) and hospital group (2015–2016).

Results: The means for both groups have been calculated and compared. The P-value showed a significant statistical difference between the two groups, which is supported by calculating the coefficient of variation to cancel the effect of inequality in students’ numbers between the two groups.

Conclusion: Regardless of the differences, it is clear that classrooms teaching using real, selected cases and projected case scenarios are extremely promising under well-prepared conditions.