Integrated Teaching In Internal Medicine: A New And Innovative Approach
Integrated Teaching In Internal Medicine: A New And Innovative Approach
Keywords:
Indian Medical Graduate,integrated teaching, Medicine, Theory and PracticalAbstract
Background: The purpose of the study was to highlight the alarming condition with respect to the declining standards of Indian Medical Graduates day by day. Integrated teaching can be taken as a tool to address this problem. Methods: A small group of students and subjected them to integrated teaching of the topic “Liver diseases in Internal Medicineâ€. Integration of theory and practical on the same day was our initiative to test the retention capacity of the students in internal Medicine. A common questionnaire was used as pre & post training test for control groups as well. Result: The group which was subjected to integrated teaching was proved to be far superior than all control groups. Conclusion: It can be concluded that excellent student-participation and interest, integration of Theory and Practical classes in Internal Medicine became easy, new and innovative way of integrated teaching. [B Bamboria NJIRM 2017; 8(6):36-40]
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