1Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, K.A.P. Viswanatham Govt. Medical College, Trichy-1
2Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, K.A.P. Viswanatham Govt. Medical College, Trichy-1
*Corresponding author: Sangeetha P Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, K.A.P. Viswanatham Govt. Medical College, Trichy-620001. E-mail: sangeeshiv9@gmail.com Mobile: 9487574020
Online published on 11 February, 2016.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the role play among Ist year MBBS students. Role play involves participation of a group of people where they assume the roles of characters and act out collaboratively to make understand the concept behind doing such plays(1). The I MBBS course today is about 1 year duration. During this one year period the students have to rush through the three subjects-Anatomy, Physiology, and Biochemistry. In this short duration students should go through these subjects as well as need to get through too. To make learning easier we thought to introduce role play in between lecture classes. Role play refers to the changing of one's behavior to assume a role to act out an accepted role(2). Role play is a didactic method of teaching where the students mind is engaged throughout the session(3). After the sessions of role play, the students were given feed back forms and filled forms were taken for analysis. From the students feedback it is clear that role play not only maintains the attention span throughout the session but also helps them to learn the concepts well. More than 80% of them wish to have such sessions during their lecture classes.
Role play, I-MBBS, Feedback
