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25 / 06 / 2018

 


Learning to learn and teach: Student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate medical physiology through students’ perspective

Ashwini Namdeorao Patil, Bageshree Nilkanth Pande, Nirmala Gopal Borade.


Abstract
Background: The efficacy of traditional lectures has been debated. Still a predominant form of educational technique, lectures have failed to transfer concepts as effectively as active learning approaches. Innovative teaching-learning methods such as students’ seminars that can hold the attention span of the students for a longer time need to be explored.

Aims and Objectives: The aim and objective of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate physiology through students’ perception.

Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study conducted in a private medical college of Pune, across 3 years involving
596 1st-year MBBS students of three academic year batches. The selected topic was divided into five subtopics to be presented in 10–12 min. Five volunteers from students presented a subtopic under a teacher’s guidance, while the non-presenting students read the topic too before attending the students’ seminar. A questionnaire containing 13 questions of both open-ended and close-ended types was designed to extract feedback from the students. The data were analyzed in Microsoft Excel.

Results: Majority of the students gave a positive feedback to various aspects of the seminar. Negative response was given to only two items in the questionnaire.

Conclusion: Students’ seminar is a potentially important resource of teaching-learning method yet to be fully tapped and hence needs to be incorporated on a regular basis in the medical curriculum.

Key words: Student Seminar; Undergraduate Medical Physiology; Teaching-learning Methods, Students’ Perspective


 
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Patil AN, Pande BN, Borade NG. Learning to learn and teach: Student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate medical physiology through students’ perspective. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol. 2018; 8(10): 1356-1361. doi:10.5455/njppp.2018.8.0518002062018


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Patil AN, Pande BN, Borade NG. Learning to learn and teach: Student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate medical physiology through students’ perspective. https://www.njppp.com/?mno=299066 [Access: March 14, 2024]. doi:10.5455/njppp.2018.8.0518002062018


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Patil AN, Pande BN, Borade NG. Learning to learn and teach: Student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate medical physiology through students’ perspective. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol. 2018; 8(10): 1356-1361. doi:10.5455/njppp.2018.8.0518002062018



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Patil AN, Pande BN, Borade NG. Learning to learn and teach: Student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate medical physiology through students’ perspective. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol. (2018), [cited March 14, 2024]; 8(10): 1356-1361. doi:10.5455/njppp.2018.8.0518002062018



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Patil, A. N., Pande, . B. N. & Borade, . N. G. (2018) Learning to learn and teach: Student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate medical physiology through students’ perspective. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol, 8 (10), 1356-1361. doi:10.5455/njppp.2018.8.0518002062018



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Patil, Ashwini Namdeorao, Bageshree Nilkanth Pande, and Nirmala Gopal Borade. 2018. Learning to learn and teach: Student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate medical physiology through students’ perspective. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 8 (10), 1356-1361. doi:10.5455/njppp.2018.8.0518002062018



Chicago Style

Patil, Ashwini Namdeorao, Bageshree Nilkanth Pande, and Nirmala Gopal Borade. "Learning to learn and teach: Student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate medical physiology through students’ perspective." National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology 8 (2018), 1356-1361. doi:10.5455/njppp.2018.8.0518002062018



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Patil, Ashwini Namdeorao, Bageshree Nilkanth Pande, and Nirmala Gopal Borade. "Learning to learn and teach: Student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate medical physiology through students’ perspective." National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology 8.10 (2018), 1356-1361. Print. doi:10.5455/njppp.2018.8.0518002062018



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Patil, A. N., Pande, . B. N. & Borade, . N. G. (2018) Learning to learn and teach: Student seminar as a teaching-learning method in undergraduate medical physiology through students’ perspective. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 8 (10), 1356-1361. doi:10.5455/njppp.2018.8.0518002062018