Students’ Reflections on Teaching Methodology in Anatomy

Authors

  • Jyoti Chopra King George's Medical University
  • Anita Rani King George's Medical University
  • Archana Rani King Georges Medical University
  • RK Deewan King George's Medical University, UP, Lucknow
  • AK Srivastava King George's Medical University, UP, Lucknow
  • PK Sharma King George's Medical University, UP, Lucknow

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i1.8039

Keywords:

teaching methodology, chalk and board, power point, students’ reflection

Abstract

Objective: With technological evolution, use of power point presentation has been increased tremendously for classroom teachings in medical education. There is dearth of information that whether this technology is really liked by the students in anatomy or not. Therefore present study was conducted to assess which methodology of teaching anatomy was preferred by students: traditional (chalk & black-board), computer assisted or both when combined.

Methods: A questionnaire based study was conducted that involved 250 1st year MBBS students. Students were asked to fill semi structured questionnaire that contained closed and open ended questions regarding teaching methodology.

Results & Conclusion: 70.37% students favored combination of power point presentations along with traditional method, 25.93% preferred chalk and blackboard method and only 3.7% students opined that power point presentations should be the sole method of teaching. Therefore the study concludes that traditional method of lecture delivery in anatomy should be carefully amalgamated with power point presentations to meet the aspirations of students and to combat the limitations of chalk and board method.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i1.8039

Asian Journal of Medical Science Vol.5(1) 2014 pp.47-51

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Author Biographies

Jyoti Chopra, King George's Medical University

Professor, Department Of Anatomy

 

Anita Rani, King George's Medical University

Professor, Department Of Anatomy 

 

Archana Rani, King Georges Medical University

Associate Professor, Department Of Anatomy

RK Deewan, King George's Medical University, UP, Lucknow

Assistant Professor, Department Of Anatomy

AK Srivastava, King George's Medical University, UP, Lucknow

Professor & Head, Department Of Anatomy

PK Sharma, King George's Medical University, UP, Lucknow

Professor, Department Of Anatomy

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Published

2013-09-04

How to Cite

Chopra, J., Rani, A., Rani, A., Deewan, R., Srivastava, A., & Sharma, P. (2013). Students’ Reflections on Teaching Methodology in Anatomy. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 5(1), 47–51. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i1.8039

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2014)

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Original Articles

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