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Introduction: MBBS is a dream to cherish for all students. It is a course which is respected globally. Medicalcourse is perceived as stressful by many of the undergraduates all over the world. They join the course at an earlyage without awareness of the details of curriculum, the approaches to be followed for theoretical understandingand acquiring practical skills and developing right attitude to be a good humane doctor.Aims and objectives: To know the awareness of MBBS students about their knowledge of it as a profession andtheir attitude to know the surrounding atmosphere and approach of students while pursuing the course.Material and methods: This is a retrospective, observational study started after taking the approval of InstitutionalEthical Committee of Government Medical College, KADAPA. The material for the study consisted of volunteersfromfirst year MBBS students of Government Medical College, WHO gave an informed consent to express their ideasfor the Questionnaire.Results: Students gave their answers to the questionnaire voluntarily and the answers are noted in a table. Mostof the people had no awareness of the MBBS degree till they entered the course and feel MBBS is tough andexpressed thatthey want good surroundings and circumstances to study the course.Discussion: Most of the students did not complete their teenage when they have taken the decision to join MBBScourse. They had decided even during their schooling,inspired by school teachers and medical college faculty.They are interested in games and felt the subjects are tough and still want to study.Their concentration in classesis 75-100% and they want to read daily but are getting disturbed by various problems. They even have a dream todo super specialty and a small group want to participate in research.Conclusion: The present study facilitates faculty in understanding the interests of students, circumstances forunder performance in examination and their problems. This provides for designing a teaching method to explainthe subject in an understandable way and for developing newer teaching and learning techniques.
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Background: In every college, it is noticed that in spite of being exposed to the same teaching modalities and adopting seemingly similar strategies, some students perform much better than their peers. This can be evaluated in the form of better academic performance in the internal assessments they undertake. This project is an endeavor to identify the learning techniques among high achievers which they employ to outperform others. We can also suggest the same to the medium and low achievers so that they can improve their academic performance. This study was conducted to identify different learning techniques adopted by high achievers and suggesting the same to medium and low achievers. Methods: After obtaining clearance from the institutional ethics committee, the high achievers were identified by selecting the upper third of the students in the ascending order of marks obtained in the consecutive three internal assessments in three consecutive batches. The identity of the students was not revealed. They were then administered an open ended questionnaire which addressed relevant issues. The most common and feasible techniques will be suggested to the medium and low achievers. Results: The respondents’ (n=101) replies were analyzed by calculating the percentages of responses, and assessing based on that, which were the most frequently adapted techniques by these high achievers Conclusions: High-achievers have a diligent study pattern; they not only study regularly, but also involve in group discussions and approach their teachers when in doubt. Additionally, they refer to other sources of information like the internet, demonstrating a proactive attitude towards studies.