Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Research and Development in Medical Education 2322-2719 3 1 2014 05 29 Medical Education: Entrusting Faith in Bedside Teaching 1 2 10.5681/rdme.2014.001 EN Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava Jegadeesh Ramasamy EDITORIAL 10.5681/rdme.2014.001 2013 10 12 Globally, patient safety and quality of health care services are the predominant challenges faced by the health care industry. To produce competent doctors it is essential to inculcate skills such as clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and self-directed learning among the medical students. Bedside teaching is a common teaching format in medical education where students are taught in an interactive manner with real patients in hospital wards which help them in acquiring the medical skills and interpersonal behavior necessary for their daily practice as doctors.