QUIZ: AN ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF MBBS STUDENTS

2016-06-30T17-57-56Z
Source: Journal Of Advance Researches In Biological Sciences (A Peer Reviewed Indexed Medical Journal)
Dutt H. K., Kothiyal G., Thakur H., Chaturvedi A. Raina R.S., Parihar D., Singh P., Singh G..
Introduction: The study of basic medical sciences is the key to approach clinical sciences as competent doctors. The present day undergraduate medical curriculum calls for constant reinforcement of teaching skills. A quiz based exercise is one such step in the direction. The objective of this study was to assess whether a quiz based program in Pharmacology is a potentially interactive non conventional teaching aid to encourage learning among medical students. Methods: A quiz was organised for which the topics were declared prior to the event. Second professional MBBS students participated in the preliminary screening round. Qualified students participated in the quiz as eight teams which competed for Quarterfinal, Semi-final, Final and the Extempore to become the winner. The students were also asked to answer the pretested feedback questionnaire. Results: The positive impact of the quiz leads to the improvement in the overall performance of the class which was found to be statistically significant (p


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