Early clinical exposure to enhance the learning of biochemistry in first year M.B.B.S students
Journal Title: International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Biochemistry is taught using teacher centred method ie lectures where students are passive learners In first year of MBBS students dont feel the importance of biochemistry in clinical practice As a result they are not motivated to study this subject To overcome this student centred strategies like early clinical exposure via case based learning CBL is needed to relate basic sciences subject with clinical scenario and apply concepts of theory to clinical conditionsAim and Objectives 1 To sensitize faculty and students about CBL 2 To introduce CBL as teaching learning tool in department of biochemistry 3 To assess perception of faculty and students regarding CBL 4 To make the students aware of relevance of biochemistry in clinical settingsMaterials and Methods In this study a new teaching learning intervention was devised in Biochemistry department of SGRDIMSAR Amritsar which comprised of ECE program consisting of CBL Total 133 students of first year MBBS were involved in this study after their consent All the participants n133 were divided into 2 groups Group A n 67 and Group B n66 Further each group was divided into 5 sub groups ie Group A into sub groups A1 n14 A2 n14 A3 n13 A4 n13 A5 n13 and Group B into B1 n14 B2 n13 B3 n13 B4 n13 B5 n13 There were 5 facilitators one for each sub group All were taught by case based learning method The outcomes and effectiveness of this intervention was assessed by a MCQs pretest posttest model of cognitive knowledge acquisition used to identify knowledge gain and effectiveness of the educational intervention Students and faculty attitude towards early clinical exposure via CBL was assessed by 5 point Likertscale questionnaire surveyResults After CBL method students had improved scores in evaluation test and the difference was statistically highly significant Majority of students and faculty opined that CBL was useful arouse interest helpful in better understanding of clinical biochemistry topic and link clinical knowledge with basic biochemistryConclusion ECE is a useful method for a basic science like biochemistry if it is taken up with the traditional teaching method The present study concluded that CBL improves academic performance of students and motivates the students for self directed learning by increasing their interest in subject and promotes meaningful learning student reasoning and communication skills Majority of faculty and students were satisfied with the introduction of this teaching learning tool 100 faculty and 98 students felt that biochemistry was relevant in clinical setting So CBL should be used as a regular method at appropriate places in curriculum of biochemistryKeywords Early clinical exposure CBL Biochemistry MBBS students
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Amandeep Kaur, Sahiba Kukreja, Tejinder Singh, Mandeep Kaur
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