DEVELOPING TEACHING COMPETENCE IN POSTGRADUATES: A PILOT STUDY IN PHYSIOLOGY PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR UNDERGRADUATES
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Keywords
Training, physiology, post graduate students, medical education
Abstract
Background It is an established practice, in most medical colleges in the country, that post-graduate [PG] residents of any department teach the practical lessons in the laboratory to the under-graduate [UG] students. However the PG students do not have any formal training in imparting teaching.
Aim: To ascertain the benefits of Training the PG students in Teaching Techniques, a pilot study was conducted.
Objectives
- Comparison of teaching performance of a First year Post Graduate resident before & after training.
- Comparison of performance of Under Graduate students taught by the First year PG resident before & after the training
- Comparison of performance of UG students taught by the subject after training with the performance of students taught by the Control (conventionally trained second year PG resident).
- Self-appraisal by the First year PG resident
Results: Observations of our pilot study revealed that training the Post Graduate resident helps not only in improving his performance but also the performance of the end beneficiary- the under graduate students, in under graduate physiology practical classes. It is desirable to make this a part of Post Graduate training in Physiology and other disciplines of Medicine.
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Dr Poonam
Professor & Head, Department of Physiology, JLN Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan
Dr Samuel Surjit Singh
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab
Anirudh Tiwari
Demonstrator, Department of Physiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab