1Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Nashik (MUHS), Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India
2Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Nashik (MUHS) Nagpur, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Nashik (MUHS), Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India
Early clinical exposure (ECE) is a teaching-learning methodology, which fosters exposure of the medical students to the patients in the first year of medical college. Medical Council of India in its Vision 2015 has introduced ECE as one of the new teaching elements.
To improve students’ application of clinical biochemistry knowledge in solving clinical cases, by introducing ECE in classroom for first MBBS students.
Department of Biochemistry, SVNGMC, Yavatmal, interventional study.
ECE for two topics was planned-diabetes mellitus (DM) and jaundice. Ethical committee approval was obtained. Voluntary participation and written consent of first MBBS students were sought. Students were randomly divided into two groups. Control group for DM served as study group for jaundice and vice versa. Pretest and post-test were carried out. Feedback was obtained.
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Students’ ability in solving clinical cases has been improved by ECE. Students and faculties found ECE to be interesting.
ECE, Diabetes mellitus, Jaundice, Video, Classroom, Competency, First MBBS
