Abstract
Background: Quizzes are considered one of the most effective methods for promoting self-learning and motivating students to be more attentive during teaching activities. Understanding of a National Health Programme is necessary for medical students not only because it is a part of the medical curriculum, but also to provide the same knowledge to others for control of vector borne diseases. Objective: Present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a quiz on knowledge of undergraduate MBBS medical students regarding National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme. Methods: All seventh semester medical undergraduates, (n=145) of Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Pune participated in the quiz and completed pre and post intervention questionnaires. The data was analyzed by using McNemar‟s test. Results: Out of the ten questions, significant improvement in knowledge was found after the quiz in seven questions while for three questions though knowledge was increased it was not statistically significant. The response of students for insecticide used in insecticidal impregnated bed nets, which was zero in the pre-test increased to 6.9% in the post-test. Conclusion: Present study showed significant improvement in medical student‟s knowledge regarding the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme as a result of a quiz based Educational intervention.
Highlights
Mosquitoes, flies, ticks and bugs may be a threat to your health and that of your family - at home and when travelling
The programme activities are in tandem with the National Health Policy (2002) and National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) goals as well as the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halting and reversing the incidence of malaria and other vector borne diseases by the year 2015 (National Project Implementation Plan 2008-2013)
The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) is one of the most comprehensive and multifaceted public health activities in India and concerned with the prevention and control of vector borne diseases namely malaria, filarial, dengue, kala-azar, chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis that have re-emerged as epidemics after more than three decades (Kishore, 2012)
Summary
Mosquitoes, flies, ticks and bugs may be a threat to your health and that of your family - at home and when travelling. 1.Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine,Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College, Pune,Maharashtra,India. 2.Assistant Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine,Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College,Pune,Maharashtra,India. 3.Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine,Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India. 4.Assistant professor, statistician, Department of Community Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India. The present study was attempted to assess the effectiveness of a simple intervention in the form of a quiz competition on the knowledge of undergraduate students regarding NVBDCP. Quizzes are considered one of the most effective methods for promoting self-learning and motivating students to be more attentive during teaching activities. Understanding of a National Health Programme is necessary for medical students because it is a part of the medical curriculum, and to provide the same knowledge to others for control of vector borne diseases
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