Study of Students' Perceptions towards Case based Learning in Forensic Medicine.

Parmar, Pragnesh

Background: Case based learning is a very good method of teaching in medical as well as dental education. Forensic Medicine subject usually deal via traditional teaching so in present study case based learning has been tried and students' perceptions has been obtained to check its effectiveness and usefulness. Materials and Methods: Present study was conducted among 112 students of 2nd MBBS through educational intervention pre and post test design. Need assessment was done via focused group discussion with the students and topic was selected for case based learning was drowning. Preparation and validation of case scenario for drowning, pre test and post test questionnaire were done. Students' perceptions were taken for both traditional and case based learning on standard Likert's type scale ranging from 1 to 10. Results: Total 112 students were participated in the study. Out of which 68 (60.7%) were male and 44 (29.3%) were female. 57 (50.9%) students were of age of 21 years, 33 (29.4%) students were of age of 22 years and rest 22 (19.7%) students were of age of 20 years. Comparison of students' perceptions towards traditional and case based learning was done by Wilcoxon Signed Rank analysis. Many students found case based learning method of teaching more satisfactory, interactive, without much confusion and stress compared to traditional method of teaching. Conclusion: Forensic Medicine can be taught in a better way via case based learning instead of only traditional didactic lecture.

MEDICAL schools; MEDICAL students; DENTAL students; PROBLEM-based learning; TEACHING methods

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 1, p154

0973-9122

Academic Journal

10.5958/0973-9130.2018.00031.2