PMID: 7525475May 1, 1994Paper

Teaching epidemiology of acute diarrheal diseases to medical undergraduates--a new approach

Indian Journal of Pediatrics
M B Soudarssanane, M C Singh

Abstract

A total of 165 students of first clinical year were taught the epidemiology of acute diarrheal diseases, during three successive years using a detailed lesson plan. The usual didactic lecture was minimised and supplemented by slide shows, and transparencies based on the contents of a handout on the subject distributed to all students a day prior to the class. This was followed by participatory discussions by the students on the diagnosis and management of some case examples presented. A video clip summarising the entire lesson was screened for reinforcement. Feed-back from the students showed that the teaching methodology was rated very good by 41%, and satisfactory by 59%. While 73% of the students mentioned videoclips as a factor favouring their learning, 69% cited the handouts and 49% felt that case discussions were helpful. Objective evaluation of the performance in the sessional test showed that out of 158 students who attended the test, 75% scored above 50% marks, 21% below 50% and the remaining 4% did not attempt that question.

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Feb 18, 2011·Indian Journal of Pediatrics·Tiroumourougane V SeraneBhuvaneswari Kothendaraman
Aug 27, 2016·International Journal of Applied & Basic Medical Research·Paragkumar ChavdaSonal Dindod
Sep 14, 2011·Epilepsia·Sebastian SchuchmannKai Kaila
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