Second year medical student’s feedback and perspective on teaching methodology in Pharmacology in a tertiary care teaching hospital from India

Abstract

Abstract:Understanding current scenario of medical undergraduates regarding teaching as well as learning pharmacology and understanding its vital role in academics, clinics and research may greatly help in improving the teaching of this discipline. This study was conducted to evaluate medical students' opinions toward pharmacology teaching. 2 nd year MBBS students of 5 th term at Bidar Institute of Medical Science, Bidar who completed a selfadministered questionnaire that inquired concerning their views toward pharmacology teaching were enrolled in study. The majority (69.35%), of the participants were male and 30.65% were females. Majority of them agreed that printed handouts are must before class (64.52%), physiology part must be discussed prior to the class (95.16%), preferred black board (BB) i.e. 90.33% over power point presentation (PPT) i.e. 20.97%, seminars should be allotted to interested students (69.35%); experimental(83.88%), problem based learning(91.93%), clinical pharmacology(77.42%) helps during clinical posting. Majority liked to discuss with clinical cases (98.38%), group discussion (90.32%) improves understanding and memorizing drugs was difficult (87.10%).The study reviewed the general perceptions of students regarding the pharmacology teaching. It needs concerted efforts to make learning pharmacology an interesting experience and to identify priority areas for such improvements.