Students' opinion on effectiveness of CBL in army medical college Rawalpindi, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

To assess students' opinion regarding group working, quality of learning and assessment in newly introduced case based learning at Army Medical College, Pakistan. Descriptive study. Army Medical College, 03 months. In this study, students from the second year MBBS class at Army Medical College were given a questionnaire on completion of their second year of medical school [2012] regarding their opinion about CBL. The questionnaire used in this study consisted of 18 statements with Likert-tyep responses ranging from Strongly Agree [1] to Strongly Disagree [5]. Statements were grouped using 3 categories Group working, Quality of Learning and Assessment. Process of learning through group work and problem solving as a learning tool was appreciated by >80% of students. Also, >84% acknowledged that CBL has promplted them to come well prepared in the session and has helped them in improving their understanding of key concepts .>83% students opine that their efforts in CBL discussions are being evaluated fairly. Feedback from the students clearly asserts superiority of CBL in imparting knowledge, cultivating the habit of self-learning and inculcating skills of group discussions which is in consistence with the published literature. At the same time, weak point highlighted by the students need rectification