Use of case scenarios to teach spotters in Community Medicine: A Randomized Controlled trial
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Background and Introduction: The Community Medicine teaching is to contribute to the development of an all-round(holistic) Medical professional. It has a major role in achieving the main goal of graduate medical education in India. Case scenarios are one of the methods of problem based learning. With this, teachers aim to develop reasoning, problem solving and decision making skills in students. Many students are more inductive than deductive reasoners, and the use of case scenarios can therefore be a very effective classroom technique. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of using case scenarios to teach spotters in Community Medicine against traditional method of teaching. Materials and Methods: It was a Randomized controlled trial, conducted during November 2015 to March 2016 among the students of third term MBBS in the Department of Community Medicine, Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical sciences and Research Centre, Maduranthakam, Kancheepuram district. After obtaining informed consent, 31 students were included in study group and 31 of them in control group respectively. Same structured modules were used for teaching both the groups but the approach was different i.e. control group by traditional method and study group by using case scenarios. At the end of each such session, both the groups were assessed by an assessment format. Data thus obtained was analyzed using Epi-info software. Results: The mean scores of the students who were taught spotters by case scenarios was higher (11.2) than those taught by traditional method (10.3). However, it was not found to be statistically significant (P=0.08). Conclusion: There was no significant difference in effectiveness of teaching spotters in Community medicine by case scenarios against traditional method. Further research is recommended in this area
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Roseline F William, VijayKumar Mane, Vidya D C
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