Review Article
Year: 2019 | Month: August | Volume: 6 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 215-221
Teaching - Learning Methods in Medical Education Merits and Demerits
Dr. V. Aruna
Assistant Professor; Dept. Of Biochemistry; Guntur Medical College; Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
ABSTRACT
Medical education is facing various challenges in teaching tomorrow’s physicians. In such a challenging situation medical schools should adopt new teaching methods to maintain excellence in medical education. These methods shift teaching from a teacher-centred and product-based activity to a more student-centred & process-based activity. This strategy encourages students to be active in the experience of learning rather than being passive learners. Integrating teaching, learning and technology is a mandate, not an option, and doing anything less would burden on professional irresponsibility. The new adaptations include electronic (e-learning), on-line or web-based learning and problem-solving-based learning. The transformation is from subject-centred to centralized integrated curriculum.Skill labs and simulation techniques are new methodologies. In this are an attempt was made to discuss merits and demerits of few teaching-learning methods.
Key words: Medical education, Teaching – Learning methods, Traditional, New adaptations
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