Active learning - a new strategy of teaching for first year MBBS students

Abstract

Teaching is an in-built art and learning is a complex phenomenon having different aspects and features. For medical professionals working as a teacher in medical colleges need to adopt/acquire different strategies with holistic approach to enhance the problem solving skills with critical thinking of medical students [1]. At present MBBS first year syllabus includes subjects like Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry (based on NMC guideline) which are taught by the conventional methods of teaching with didactic lectures series. However such teaching practices encourages teacher centered, passive learning environment and students face some amount of dissatisfaction [2].

Keywords

• active learning
• medical students
• teaching methods