Academic counselling: Impact of an intervention program on medical students of pharmacology.
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-152050
ABSTRACT
Background:
Students are anxious and stressed during exams; so are not able to perform well in them. Counselling has been found to improve performance of students. Hence, we wanted to conduct academic counselling for medical students and evaluate it.Objective:
To improve performance of medical students in exams through academic counselling (AC).Method:
Faculty was trained on conducting AC through role play. A pre-test was taken to assess the baseline knowledge of students. AC of students was conducted. A post-test was then taken for the students. Marks of pre-test and post test were compared to see for improvement of students following our intervention. Feedback was taken from students on the effectiveness of counselling using a questionnaire based on 5-point Likert scale. Feedback was also taken from faculty. Results andinterpretation:
There was a marked improvement in post-test marks of students who underwent counselling. Feedback from students and faculties was positive.Conclusion:
Faculty can guide students on study skills through AC. It can be conducted as formative feedback at mid-term or following internal exams of students.
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Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2012
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