1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, at GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry, A.P.
2Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, at GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry, A.P.
*Corresponding author: Dr. Padmavati Majhi Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry: 533296 Andhra Pradesh, Mobile: 9502352413 Email: dr.padmavathimajhi@yahoo.com
Online published on 4 July, 2016.
To study and compare didactic lecture and small group discussions among undergraduate medical students.
Quasi-experimental study
Two groups of students were selected from the same batch for the study. One group was taken as the experimental group and the students were taught a topic by small group discussions. The other group was taken as the control group and taught the same topic by the traditional method of didactic lecture. At the end of both the methods of teaching a test was conducted and the scores obtained by the students in both the groups were analyzed.
Students involved in the modern teaching method i.e. small group discussions were found to have performed better than those taught by traditional method i.e. didactic lecture.
Introduction of modern teaching methods like small group discussions into the present curriculum of medical education can improve the learning process in the students and produce better results & improve their academic skills.
Didactic lectures, small group discussions
