ASSESSMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY TEACHING - A CRITICAL APPRAISAL BY MEDICAL SCHOOL LEARNERS
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Students feedback is an indicator of the success of any teaching methodology followed in a department. Aim: To identify strengths and weaknesses in the current teaching-learning and evaluation methodology in pharmacology using feedback from second MBBS students in Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute. Materials and Methods: Questionnaire was designed and finalised after a departmental discussion in concurrence with the Medical Education Unit. The study subjects were 115 (2011batch) second-year medical students. They were requested to fill the questionnaire. A 10-item multiple choice questionnaires were used to explore the student’s opinion on teaching. The questionnaires were analyzed. Results: 115 II M.B.B.S students participated and descriptive statistics was used for analysis of data. The analysis revealed 82.82%, 72.17% and 93.64% student’s interest towards writing classification of drugs, weekly test and viva-voice respectively. Conclusion: The present study has helped us to elicit the student preference regarding pharmacology teaching and its outcome would be helpful in modifying undergraduate pharmacology teaching patterns.
Authors and Affiliations
Parimala K| Department of Pharmacology, Medical Education Unit, Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Enathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, Subash KR| Department of Pharmacology, Sri Padmavathi Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Sai ram nagar, Tirupati Airport Road, Renigunta, Tirupati-517520, Andhra Pradesh, Jagan N| Department of Pharmacology, Medical Education Unit, Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Enathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, Vijay Kumar S| Department of Pharmacology, Medical Education Unit, Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Enathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, Viswanathan S| Department of Pharmacology, Medical Education Unit, Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Enathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, Chandrasekhar M| Medical Education Unit, Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Enathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
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