A questionnaire based study to assesss the attitude and perceptions of fifth term medical students at mahadevappa rampure medical college, Kalaburagi regarding teaching methods and learning in pharmacology
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics (IJRPP) - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
Background Pharmacology, an integral subject of learning medical course, is progressing by enormously. Consequently, changes in undergraduate teaching are the need of the hour. Objectives To determine the medical students’ perception and receive feedback on teaching and learning of pharmacology in our institution. Material and Methods This was a cross-sectional study based on the questionnaire. A pre-validated, predesigned questionnaire containing 14 points was administered to fifth term medical students. Second year students were enrolled for the study at their end of 5th term before university exams. Results 77% wanted the faculty members to make more use of Audio-Visual aids for effective learning. 70% of the students opined that Discussion of graphs has helped us in better understanding of mechanism of action of the drugs. 20% of the students were willing to consider pharmacology as one of the subjects for post-graduation.73% of the students agreed that pictures showing the adverse drug reactions and their Clinical correlation explained with LCD projector lectures were more interesting. Conclusion The results of our study revealed a positive feedback from students which will help in making the teaching program in pharmacology more encouraging.
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Vallabhanen Rajesh
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