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A total of 277 third and fourth year medical students and 304 house of
ficers and senior house officers were asked to prioritise the content
and methods of clinical teaching. Response rates were poor, but simila
r to that in market surveys. Bedside teaching and medical clerking wer
e considered the most valuable methods of teaching and training in pra
ctical procedures such as venepunctures and urinary catheterisation wa
s seen as valuable. The design of new curricula in medical education w
ill need to accommodate the views of its clients.