scholarly journals Teachers’ view about the current situation of e-learning practice in undergraduate medical education of Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
MAS Talukder ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir Talukder ◽  
MR Pervin ◽  
MFH Talukder ◽  
TT Tapu
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Medical Colleges

Background: E-learning or electronic learning is increasingly used as a complement to traditional classes in undergraduate medical education. E-Learning become more popular, because they allow saving time of teachers and students, reduce costs of teaching and learning materials and improve classroom as well as medical colleges’ educational environment.   Objectives: This descriptive cross sectional survey was driven to explore teachers’ view about the current situation of e-learning practice in undergraduate medical education of Bangladesh. Methods: From all four phases, total 172 teachers of randomly selected eight medical colleges of Bangladesh were respondents of this study to seek information regarding the current situation of e-learning practice in undergraduate medical education, between the period of July 2018 to June 2019 with a pretested self-administered questionnaire. Results: In this study 68 (39.5%) were male and 104 (60.5%) were female teachers.  Fifty-two point three percent (52.3%) teachers agreed that they strongly awared of e-learning, 87.8% teachers had personal computers/laptops, 99.4% teachers had personal smartphones, and 98.8% teachers had personal e-mail addresses. Fifty-three percent (53%) teachers agreed that they have adequate knowledge and skill in information and communication technology (ICT). Forty-four percent (44%) teachers disagreed that they were interact with students and 49.5% teachers agreed that they interacted with peer and colleague by using social media in their medical colleges. Conclusion: Teachers are aware of e-learning and they practiced it in personal level without collaboration of the medical colleges. It is essential to provide e-learning facilities in medical colleges for improvement of undergraduate medical education. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.11(1) 2020: 12-16

scholarly journals Competencies Learned by the Students through Ambulatory Care Teaching In Undergraduate Medical Education in Gynaecology & Obstetrics in Different Medical Colleges of Bangladesh: Interns' and Teachers' view

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Author(s):  
Iffat Ara ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir Talukder ◽  
Tahmina Nargis
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Ambulatory Care ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Pelvic Mass ◽  
Pregnant Patient ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Medical Colleges

This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out to assess the competencies learned by the students through ambulatory care teaching according to teachers' and interns' view in the undergraduate medical education in Gynaecology and Obstetrics in the medical colleges of Bangladesh. Study was conducted on nine medical colleges including five Public medical colleges and four Private medical colleges. Total 58 teachers & 567 interns participated in the study, and Separate self-administered semi structured questionnaire were used to collect their valuable opinions. Most of the teachers mentioned that through ambulatory care teaching students are taught: to greet a patient on arrival; to take history; to take consent before examining a patient; to maintain privacy during examining a patient; to do general examination of a patient; to examine a pregnant patient Most of the interns mentioned that through ambulatory care teaching the competencies learned by the students are: taking history, maintaining confidentiality, maintain privacy during examination, examining a pelvic mass, interpreting investigation reports, making provisional diagnosis. Students also observed the procedure of VIA test, and steps of PAP's test. The study recommends that all clinical teachers should have clear knowledge about ambulatory care teaching & every institute should foster feasible teaching and learning environment.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.9(1) 2018: 18-20

IS ONLINE LEARNING A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL TEACHING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS - A STUDY IN LIGHT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-12
Author(s):  
Arijit Majumdar ◽  
Soumali Biswas ◽  
Tanushree Mondal
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Classroom Learning ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

Aim And Objective: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused an unprecedented disruption in medical education and healthcare systems worldwide. In India, responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in medical education resulted in closures of medical colleges and adoption of online teaching-learning methods, which is challenging for both faculty and students. Rising concerns among students urged to evaluate strength and weakness of ongoing online teaching and learning methods. The objective of the study was to nd out the perceptions of students regarding E-learning during lockdown period of COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted at IPGME & R Kolkata. A sample size of 600 was calculated. MBBS students of all levels participated in this study. A Google questionnaire was developed and was validated by Medical education unit of the college. The Google questionnaire was mailed to the students. The data was transferred to excel sheet and analysis was done on various parameters to derive descriptive statistics between classroom teaching and online teaching Results: Total 600responses were received. 340 (56.7%) males and 260(43.3%) females participated in the study. 41.7% students use mobile phones as their gadgets for E- learning and 33.3% use laptops followed by desktop (16.7%) and tablet (8.3%) Overall only 10 % students preferred to use only E- learning. 50% students preferred classical didactic learning. And 40% preferred a combination of classical ofine and E - learning as useful method of learning. Conclusions: Students did not prefer E- learning over classroom learning. They admit the usefulness of E -learning. But, classroom learning with rational use of E -learning is preferred by the students.

scholarly journals Opinion of policy makers regarding the need of 'global accreditation' of undergraduate medical education in Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Suraya Begum ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir Talukder
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Education ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Accreditation Body ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Global Standards ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Medical Colleges

Accreditation of undergraduate medical education has been practicing worldwide in developed and developing countries. Fundamental ideas of this program is to ensure incorporation of ongoing global developments, evidence based scientific study and maintenance of minimum basic standard in education for population health and safety. WHO and WFME have been addressing for global standards in medical education and global accreditation of medical institutes for long time. Worldwide many countries have been responded to this call of global accreditation of medical colleges and medical education with their own context and experiencing benefits This exploratory cross sectional study has been conducted during the period of july-2014 to june-2015 to explore the opinion from key informants of medical education and views from young medical graduates. Data were collected from twenty one in-depth interviewee. Key informants stressed the necessity of an autonomous constitutional national independent accreditation body, faculty development and teacher evaluation, basic minimum resources in all listed medical colleges. Study recommended to accelerate the activities to establish national accreditation body for undergraduate medical education which will make way to achieve global accreditation in Bangladesh in coming future.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.7(2) 2016: 9-16

scholarly journals Medical students' perception of live lectures compared to video lectures in basic sciences medical education: a cross-sectional survey of medical colleges in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Khan ◽  
Ali Bin Abdul Jabbar ◽  
Daniyal Ali Khan ◽  
Muhammad Abdullah Javed ◽  
Mohummad Hassan Raza Raja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Learning Modalities ◽  
Exam Preparation ◽  
Video Lectures ◽  
Medical Colleges

Background: Live lectures are commonly used in medical education, yet many students prefer video lectures instead. As different learning modalities may affect knowledge, it was necessary to explore medical students' perspectives about the two learning modalities in Pakistan. Objectives: This study aimed to explore and compare the medical students' perspectives regarding live lectures and video lectures. Methods: This cross-sectional study used an online questionnaire. This was distributed to medical students via internet platforms after institutional approval. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 23 using descriptive statistics. Results: 585 students, from 11 medical colleges across six cities of Pakistan, were enrolled. 64.4% (n=377) of the students were females, while 34.0% (n=199) were males. The first years comprised 32.7% (n=191), second years, 29.2% (n=171), and third years, 38.1% (n=223) of the total. The commonest reason for attending live lectures was 'they are compulsory'. The commonest reason for not attending was 'poor teaching quality'. 5.0% (n=29) of 585 students reported live lectures and 51.8% (n=290 of 560) found video lectures to be 'very helpful' in concept clarification. 85.1% (n=258) of 303 students found video lectures more effective for learning. For 45.4% (n=254) of students, video lectures improved their grades a lot; more students used video lectures for exam preparation over the years. 50.6% (n=296) of students wanted video lectures to be compulsory, compared with 28.5% (n=167) for live lectures. The main improvement in live lectures was not using slides. Conclusion: Medical students in Pakistan prefer video lectures over live lectures for learning and exam preparation. More students wanted video lectures to be compulsory in medical education. Several improvements have been suggested for live lectures.

scholarly journals Perceptions of medical college academics on intercalated MBBS/BSc dual degree program in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
Kani Yamuna Aminu ◽  
Usman Ahmad ◽  
Rehinat Nasir Adejumo
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Degree Programme ◽  
Medical Degree ◽  
Dual Degree ◽  
Medical Colleges

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of academics on the acceptability of the intercalated medical degree program in an attempt to proffer solutions to breach the gaps in manpower shortages in the medical profession.Methodology: This is a descriptive cross sectional survey. Randomly selected 150 academic staff of various medical colleges spread across Nigeria, who attended an educational programme in Abuja Nigeria in September 2018 completed semi structured questionnaires after consenting to participate in the study. Data from the retrieved questionnaires were collated, entered into Microsoft excel and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Most of the analyzed data were represented in percentages for ease of comparison.Findings: Sixty five percent of the respondents were aware of the intercalated (dual) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)/ Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree programme, offer it in their institutions and believe it is worthwhile. The merits of the dual degree programme from this study were an additional degree, more experienced medical doctors in terms of research and exit strategy for some medical students who may change their minds half way into the medical programme. The disadvantages reported were prolonged study period and increased cost of study.  Majority of the respondents, who were academic staff of medical colleges were aware of, and favoured the establishment of intercalated MBBS degree programme in more Nigerian medical colleges.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: There is scarcity of literature on the intercalated degree programme in Nigeria. This research may influence policy change that will improve medical education. From the results of the study, it is recommended that the stakeholders in medical education should consider giving accreditation to more medical colleges that have the capacity to commence intercalated medical degree programs in Nigerian Universities as an option to interested medical students with good potentials.

scholarly journals Expectation of students from their teachers in undergraduate Medical Education in selected Medical Colleges in Bangladesh

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Md Abdus Sabur Miah ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir Talukder
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Education ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Interpersonal Relation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
One Year ◽  
Clinical Departments ◽  
Teaching Time ◽  
Medical Colleges

Introduction: An important aspect in higher education consists in improving the quality of students outcomes. Infact, different factors influence these outcomes. Among these factors are the quality of teaching, material used and at the students' expectation of the institution. Part of this perception is reflected in what students expect from their teachers. It is fact that students' performance depends on teachers' exigencies, teachers' perception of students' expectations and how the teachers fit with these expectations. Methodology: It was a cross sectional type of descriptive study. Conducted in 3 medical colleges for one year (July 2012 to June 2013) with the aim to find out the expectations of students from their teachers in undergraduate medical education in Bangladesh. The total respondents were 353 students selected by convenience sampling from preclinical, para clinical and clinical departments of those medical colleges. Pre-tested, self administered, structured anonymous using English & Bengal, Questionnaire, with Likert scale was used for data Collection. Comparison of expectation level between male & Female students, among the medical colleges were done by applying unpaired test. Results: 353 medical students of three selected medical colleges participated in this study. Among them 52% were female & 48% were male and 94% were Muslim and 6% were Hindu. There were 30 statement on students' expectations. Respondent expressed their views as expected and highly expected in all the statements. Regarding teaching, Teacher will be sincere, knowledgeable, will conduct class with adequate preparation. Punctual, teaching time will be used properly and will give explanation & example for better understandings' 92-97% students expressed their view as expected and highly expected. In interpersonal relation & in using modern instructional materials by the teachers 92-98% students expressed expected and highly expected. It is revealed that expectation on this 30 statement, students expectations are very high. So it is significant to address these issues by the teachers and administrator. Conclusion: It is revealed in the study that expectation of students from the selected three Medical Colleges were similar and no significant variations were found, students started their journey in Medical education with some expectation but all expectations which might not be perfect. But the students' expectation which they had in the study was the reflection of all the students of under graduate medical education in Bangladesh. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjme.v3i1.18590 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.3(1) 2012: 12-17

The digital age: is this the future of medical education? A cross-sectional study to assess medical students’ opinions about e-learning in psychiatry undergraduate medical education

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-96
Author(s):  
D. Mullins ◽  
F. Jabbar ◽  
N. Fenlon ◽  
K. C. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Education ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
E Learning

ObjectivesThe main objectives were to assess medical students’ opinions about e-learning in psychiatry undergraduate medical education, and to investigate a possible relationship between learning styles and preferences for learning modalities.MethodDuring the academic year 2009/2010, all 231 senior Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) medical students in their penultimate year of study were invited to answer a questionnaire that was posted online on Moodle, the RCSI virtual learning environment.ResultsIn all, 186 students responded to the questionnaire, a response rate of 80%. Significantly more students stated a preference for live psychiatry tutorials over e-learning lectures. Students considered flexible learning, having the option of viewing material again and the ability to learn at one’s own pace with e-learning lectures, to be more valuable than having faster and easier information retrieval.ConclusionStudents prefer traditional in-class studying, even when they are offered a rich e-learning environment. Understanding students’ learning styles has been identified as an important element for e-learning development, delivery and instruction, which can lead to improved student performance.

scholarly journals A cross-sectional survey on academic librarian involvement in evidence-based medicine instruction within undergraduate medical education programs in Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Premji ◽  
Kaitlin Fuller ◽  
Rebecca Raworth
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Education ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
School Faculty ◽  
Based Medicine

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the range of involvement of Canadian academic medical librarians in teaching evidence-based medicine (EBM) within the undergraduate medical education (UME) curriculum. This study articulates the various roles that Canadian librarians play in teaching EBM within the UME curriculum, and also highlights their teaching practices. Methods: An electronic survey was distributed to a targeted sample of academic librarians currently involved in UME programs in Canadian medical schools. Results: 12 respondents (including one duplicate response) representing ten schools responded to this survey. 7 of 10 respondents were involved in EBM instruction, 3 of 10 institutions had a dedicated EBM course. Librarians were involved in a variety of roles, and often co-created and co-delivered content along with medical school faculty, and were present on course committees. They used a variety of educational strategies, incorporated active learning, as well as online modules. Discussion/Conclusion: The data highlighted the embedded nature of EBM instruction in undergraduate medical education programs in Canada. It also showed that librarians are involved in EBM instruction beyond the second step of EBM; acquiring or searching the literature.

scholarly journals Medical Students View about the Integrated MBBS Course: A Questionnaire Based Cross-sectional Survey from a Medical College of Kathmandu Valley

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indrajit Banerjee ◽  
Akhilesh Chandra Jauhari ◽  
Ajay Chandra Johorey ◽  
Durga Bista ◽  
Bedanta Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Community Medicine ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
The Government

Background Accreditation of curriculum by students may be useful in further modification of teaching and learning methods in medical colleges of any country specially Nepal. Course curriculum of medical sciences is made by learned professors of Universities, politicians and the government officers without consulting the students for whom it is made. In Nepal, Medical education is an experimental integrated teaching of four and half years for MBBS degree. Until now it has not been assessed as to what type of Doctors we are producing. This paper aims on the objective to find out whether integrated teaching or classical medical studies produce better doctors.   Methods The present study was done to assess the teaching, learning and evaluation procedures adopted in Nepal Medical College, Kathmandu by getting feedback from students of 4th (Basic Sciences), 5th-7th semesters and feedback was also taken from a few final year students (Clinical Sciences). A total of nearly two hundred students from this institution participated in this study. A multi-graded questionnaire was prepared and a pilot study of 20 students was done and the results were discussed among the authors to modify the questionnaire. This modified questionnaire was used in the main study. The same questionnaire was used for eliciting feedback from clinical students. The present study was undertaken from August 2008-January 2009. Results Out of 200 medical students, the mean age was found to be 19.4 ± 3 years SD. In gender distribution, male students (61%) were higher than female students (39%). Most of the medical students (70%) wanted to become doctor, to become rich and famous, 90% wanted to go to US (Massive brain drain). 90% of the students perceived that Anatomy is the most interesting and most relevant basic science subject for clinical studies and in Anatomy theory hours of teaching is to be increased (60%). Community Medicine was the most uninteresting subject of Basic sciences and if they are assured of attendance which subject they would not like to attend community medicine classes. 85% wanted that Pharmacology should be reduced in first four semesters and should be extended to seventh semester like Community Medicine. The best teaching method is Chalk and Board Method (60%) and followed by LCD slides (20%). Conclusion: Overall the results were alarming and may be taken up seriously by the policy makers. They can bring about amendments in course curriculum of universities in future.Keywords: Medical Education; Under-graduate; Post- Graduate; Nepal Medical College. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nje.v1i3.5575 Nepal Journal of Epidemiology 2011;1(3) 95-100

Teaching and Learning Physics in Senior High Schools in Ghana: The Challenges and the Way Forward

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Isaac Sonful Coffie ◽  
Bans Bandoh Frempong ◽  
Eric Appiah
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Physics Teaching ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Government ◽  
Main Instrument

Aim: Considering the technological age that we find ourselves in this 21st century, it would be expected that, the number of students willing to study physics will increase exponentially. However, reports indicate a sharp reduction of students in physics classrooms. This study therefore sought to identify the challenges and way forward for improving physics teaching and learning in Senior High Schools in Ghana. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional survey was used for the study. Methodology: The main instrument used for the study was questionnaire. The sample size for the study comprised both physics teachers and students. The sample size for the teachers was made up of 38 teachers which comprised 34 males and 4 females who were selected using the convenient sampling approach. The sample size for the students consisted of 750 students selected by stratified sampling of which 520 were males and 230 were females. Results: While the teachers perceived the most important factor affecting the teaching and learning of physics to be students-related problem, the students on the other hand perceived the major challenge affecting the teaching and learning of physics to be teacher-related. For both teachers and students, provision of adequate resources like well-equipped laboratories for teaching and learning is an assured way of improving the teaching and learning of physics in senior high schools in Ghana. Conclusions: The challenges in teaching physics as perceived by both teachers and students are teacher related, student-related and resource-constraints It was recommended that the government must make conscious effort to provide the schools with adequate science resources to facilitate the practical approach to teaching and learning of physics.

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