The primary goal of this study to determine how the engaging lecture was perceived by the students in terms of its qualitative indexes such as effectiveness, comprehension, motivation to study further and confidence with the content delivered. A student-centered teaching method called an interactive lecture uses multimodal strategies to make the classroom environment more interesting. The traditional lecture method has been the main teaching strategy in our medical college. So, by introducing the first interactive lecture in microbiology, we hoped to introduce a change to passive learning.
A session on Laboratory Diagnosis of Hepatitis B virus was selected. Anonymity of the responses was ensured to the students. Students were given overview about the study design and purpose of the study. Those who are willing to participate were enrolled for the study. A total of 112 students given consent were included. It was planned to provide traditional lecture on the selected topic followed by interactive lecture on the same topic for all 112 students. At the end of both the session, cross sectional survey was conducted using a pre validated questionnaire to assess the usefulness of interactive lecture given. Responses were to be provided on five point Likert scale with a score of 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Neutral, 4 = Agree and 5= strongly agree. Frequencies of responses were analyzed by merging SDA & DA (Strongly disagree and Disagree) and SA & A (Strongly agree and Agree) as two groups. Percentage of responses was compared.
In general, 96% of them perceived interactive lecture was useful and reported that they strongly recommend it to their friends who weren"t there. Out of 112 students, 94 (84%) reported interactive lecture was interesting when compared to traditional format.
Study results prove that it is possible to adopt interactive mode of teaching under a conventional curriculum amidst the challenges. The medical students have perceived interactive lectures useful preferably for subject confidence and motivation to read further. Interactive lecture when planned meticulously can definitely save time and energy.J. Nithyalakshmi,
Department of Microbiology, Sri Muthukumaran Medical College and Research Institute, Chikkarayapuram, Kunrathur, Road, Near Mangadu, Chennai, India.
S. Muthukumar,
Department of Physiology, Sri Muthukumaran Medical College and Research Institute, Chikkarayapuram, Kunrathur, Road, Near Mangadu, Chennai, India.
K. Mohanakrishnan,
Department of Microbiology, Sri Muthukumaran Medical College and Research Institute, Chikkarayapuram, Kunrathur, Road, Near Mangadu, Chennai, India.
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