Pitfalls of currently practiced approach for teaching medical students: opinions & options
Journal Title: International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: During a didactic lecture, information is given to the students by the teacher, where students are passive listeners and the teacher is the narrator. Interaction between the students and the teacher, though intended, is not always possible because of several reasons. Other formats for teaching (small group discussions, seminars by students etc.) have been utilized but in a limited way, particularly in India. In many medical institutes, students are expected to attend several lectures and there is no scheduled respite between lectures. This study has been done to understand the shortcomings of the current format and duration of lecture from the point of view of students. Method: Feedback was obtained from first year MBBS students under anonymity and was analyzed. There were 94 responses on the format of lectures and 98 for duration of lecture. Their responses were analyzed and the percentage of response for each choice was noted. Results: 57.14% students were of the opinion that didactic lectures must be supplemented with small group discussions and 46.81 % of students feel that the optimum duration of a lecture should be between 30 to 45 minutes. Discussion: Our study shows that majority of the students are of the opinion that duration of lecture should not be more than 45 minutes and more focus should be on supplementation of didactic lectures with small group discussion. Incorporating the students view point while forming educational policies may improve their performance to great extent.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohit Mehndiratta, Seema Garg, Rajarshi Kar, Dinesh Puri
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP242181
- DOI -
- Views 73
- Downloads 0
Oxidative stress and antioxidant status in coronary artery disease patients before percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Introduction: Oxidant lead to cell death through apoptosis and necrosis. The effects of reactive oxygen radicals are balanced by the antioxidant action. The aim of the study was to assess oxidative stress and antioxidant...
A comparative analysis of insulin resistance among tribal and non-tribal population with Type 2 Diabetes using estimated glucose disposal rate
Objectives: To compare the Insulin resistance among Type 2 Diabetics of the local tribal and nontribal population who are reporting to OPD of Midnapur Medical College and Hospital. Method: This was a Unicentric, cross se...
Serum gamma glutamyl transferase and hs-CRP levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications is an important health problem. As oxidative stress and inflammation appears to play a major role in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and development of i...
Biochemical markers for early senescence of erythrocyte membrane in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus is an ice berg of disease resulting due to impairments in insulin secretion insulin action or both Hyperglycemia caused due to the above defects leads to complications like neuropathy nephropathy retino...
A study on estimation of serum ferritin in type 2 diabetes mellitus cases on oral hypoglycemic agents
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia and associated micro and macro vascular complications on long duration. Insulin resistance is associated with onset of type 2 DM and...