An effective approach in learning clinical biochemistry - Case Based Learning
Journal Title: Journal of Education Technology in Health Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
The main aim of medical education technology is to increase teaching and learning by introducing various effective teaching learning methods into the medical curriculum. Biochemistry is one of the first year subjects in the undergraduate medical syllabus. It is having a lot of importance in understanding the clinical subjects. Clinical biochemistry basically deals with the methods and interpretation of biochemical test results, performed on body fluids, which help us to support the clinical diagnosis, treatment and also in assessing the prognosis of the disease. But it is usually considered to be a subject of structures, chemical formulae, pathways and reactions which are usually taught by regular monotonous lectures and practical classes. This is considered as a teacher centered teaching when in there won’t be any participation from the students. There is a need to change this system, so as to involve the students actively in the learning process. (1,2) CBL is considered as a method, which can co-relate both the basic and clinical sciences. Case-based learning (CBL) is studentcentered and interactive session. It requires students to recall and apply their previous knowledge to solve clinical cases. (3) As a result of this, students can have a satisfactory and self directed learning. It increases the enthusiasm among the students and improves their analytical thinking rather than just to listen passively. (4) Hence with this type of learning, a medical student will understand the importance of the basic science subjects. (5) Our objective is to assess the impact on the academic performance of the medical students by using traditional and innovative methods(CBL) of teaching, to analyze the perception of students about CBL as teaching learning method and to evaluate student’s feedback regarding to case based learning.
Authors and Affiliations
Suhasini P, K. P. Joshi, R. S. Swaroopachary, D. Yamini, D. V. H. S. Sarma
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- DOI 10.18231/2393-8005.2017.0015
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