Introduction : The Medical Council of India curriculum which now implements Competency Based Medical Education CBME has made Small Group Discussion SGD mandatory as a teaching learning method.CBME promotes active and lifelong learning Students need to get actively involved in the learning process and small group discussion is optimal for this. Background: For decades the traditional method of teaching has been lectures in medical school.More interesting and innovative methods are needed to improve learning. Pre clinical subjects like Anatomy,Biochemistry and Physiology have concepts that are better understood in a Small group discussion Materials and Methods: The 100 first year M.B.B.S. students are given a paper questionnaire individually.A total of 25 questions based on 5 topics namely Learning Experiences,Team work,Confidence.Communication skills and Role of Teacher are answered on the 5 point Likert scale.Results : The statistics was analysed using SPSS software. The mean percentage score of students was 66.1 with minimum score of 46.4 and maximum score of 89.6 with SD of 9.09 .Conclusion : The students have a positive perception towards Small Group Discussion .The confidence and communication skills of students need improvement .The Role of teacher is also very important in conducting SGD.
Explanatory models in the processing of science text: The role of prior knowledge activation through small-group discussion.
