“…However, a major difficulty of the literature is that it tends to be so broad as to be of limited utility in attempting to bring about desired improvement. A large number of studies have been on such topics as clinical and didactic teaching and evaluation, whereas little attention has been given to exploring teachers’perceptions of the curriculum and finding out their perceptions of what has worked well and facilitated the effectiveness of the curriculum (interested readers are referred to Berner et al , 1974; Rippey, 1975; Fox, 1983; Veiga et al , 1983; Harper et al , 1983). The investigators of the present study, therefore, decided to approach teaching staff in an endeavour to obtain their perceptions of the curriculum and their opinions towards selected aspects of medical education.…”