出版社：International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System
摘要：Introduction: Small group teaching has grown in popularity in medical education as it offers a dynamic and collaborative setting for learning. It improves the retention of knowledge and students thinking. Conflicting reports in literature regarding effectiveness of small group teaching vs didactic lectures. Aim and objectives: 1. To assess the effectiveness of small group tutorials versus didactic lectures 2. To know the Students' and faculties perceptions regarding small group tutorials. Methods: Eighty final year MBBS students with informed consent were divided randomly into two groups. Two topics on head injury were taken in two sessions. In which pre and post assessment was done based on MCQs. In first session, one group was subjected to didactic lecture and the other group to tutorials followed by the cross-over in the second session. The same group of teachers took the didactic lectures and tutorials respectively. Perception of faculty based on likert scale taken. The data analysed in SPSS software using paired t-test. Results: There is a significant statistical difference in the pre-test and the post-test scores of each modality of teaching on the application of paired t-test (p-value
关键词：Tutorials; Faculty perception; Medical education
