Teaching epidemiology of acute diarrheal diseases to medical undergraduates--a new approach.
Indian J Pediatr
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1994 May-Jun; 61(3): 277-80
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-79624
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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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Audiovisual Aids
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Teaching
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Humans
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Diarrhea, Infantile
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Education, Medical, Undergraduate
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India
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Infant
Type of study:
Screening study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
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