Student feedback on structured large group learning sessions in Pharmacology in a medical school in Nepal
Written by: P. Ravi Shankar, Rojeena K. Shrestha, Nisha Jha, Harish S. Thapa, Omi Bajracharya • July 7 2011• Volume 11 - Issue 1•Abstract
Background: The department of Clinical Pharmacology at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal has introduced structured, large group interactive sessions.
Aims: The present study was carried out to obtain student feedback about the educational innovation.
Methods: A questionnaire was administered to first year students during May 2009 after obtaining written informed consent. The agreement of students with a set of twenty-five questions using a modified Likert-type scale was noted. Free text comments were invited.
Results: All 75 students participated. Majority were male, self-financing and educated in private schools. The total median score was 95 (maximum 125) and was higher among female students, students from outside the Kathmandu valley but from a non-remote area, and students educated in private schools. Students wanted more information about which books to read, more frequent revision sessions and copies of lecture slides.
Conclusion: The overall student opinion was positive. We plan to continue and further develop structured large group interactive teaching.
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*** Note – The authorship should be: Dr. P. Ravi Shankar Md, Ms. Nisha Jha, Ms. Omi Bajracharya, Ms. Rojeena K Shrestha, Mr. Harish S Thapa ***
