Evaluation on the Effectiveness of Large Group Teaching

Background Even the best lecturers can lose their audience Feedback from our students during the presentation and lectures help us to determine if they are actually following and comprehending. We can modify and reform the existing large group teaching methods and ensure effectiveness of medical education where large group teaching is widely followed. Aim and objective To evaluate the effectiveness of large group teaching in second year MBBS students by feedback method. Materials and Methods A detailed structured Questionnaire was prepared to analyse the view of students regarding large group teaching and were given to 143 second MBBS students and were asked to fill it. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis of data. Frequency was expressed in percentage. Results and Conclusion A total of 143 students participated in this study (32 % male and 68 % female). The results of our study indicate that students felt the importance of Pharmacology as basis of therapeutics, they want to avoid monotonous lectures and use PowerPoint, brainstorming sessions during lectures and integrate teaching with various departments. .