Abstract
Objective To determine perception of students on usefulness of Case-Oriented Problem-Solving Tutorials (COPST) in understanding of physiology. Methods This was a cross sectional observational study in which response of students to a self administered structured questionnaire regarding understanding of physiology was taken from 97 students. Results COPST helped 74 (76%) students in understanding of content and 68 (70%) students in structural and functional relationship. Difficult concepts of lectures were understood by 69 I 2 (71%) students, while perception of pathologies and application of gained knowledge was credited by 75 (77%) and 67 (69%) students respectively. Self directed and interactive learning was reported by 50 (52%) and 61 (63%) students and confidence was gained in 52 (54%) respondents. Conclusion Discussion of clinical scenarios in small groups, supervised by trained facilitators helped in better understanding of physiology by active participation of medical students through question and answers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 233-237 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Rawal Medical Journal |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Case based learning
- Clinically oriented problem solving tutorials
- Problem based learning
- Small group discussions
- Traditional tutorials