A questionnaire based study among second year medical students to assess the effectiveness of the usage of Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) as an adjuvant to teaching of pharmacology practicals at Gulbarga institute of medical sciences, Kalaburagi
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Comprehensive and Advanced Pharmacology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective To evaluate the students perceptions and their usefulness Computer Assisted Learning CAL as a module alternative to animal experimentation to depict effects of drugs in animals and to receive the feedback regarding pros and cons of this module Materials and Method Second year medical students n155 were participated in the study Computer Assisted Learning was enabled to the students to demonstrate the action of drugs in animals Results Majority of the students expressed their opinion that CAL is an effective and acceptable mode of learning practical aspects of pharmacology Majority of the 86 of the students interpret that drug effects can be clearly seen in this CAL method No interaction with living tissues was expressed as the disadvantage of CAL method by 90 of the students Positive feedback was obtained from students regarding the acceptability reliability and credibilityConclusion CAL is an interesting and useful educational tool to demonstrate drug effects on living tissues and animalsKeywords CAL Pharmacology Teaching Drug effects in animals
Authors and Affiliations
Harish G. Bagewadi, Savithri Desai, Patil Banderao V, Syed Hassan Zahid
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