Style of lecturing of medical teacher - an evaluation by medical students of Mymensingh Medical College

Abstract

It was a cross sectional descriptive type of study carried out among the 3rd year, 4th year and 5th year medical students of Mymensingh Medical College (MMC) with the objective of finding out the various lecture style followed by medical teachers of MMC and other relevant information regarding teaching tools used related to lecturing. The sample size was 134 who were selected purposively. The study was conducted in the month of June 2004. One thirty four (134) respondents were interviewed by pre tested questionnaire. From the study it was revealed that majority (66%) of these respondents were male and 34% were female and 57%, 28.5% and 14.5% were 3rd, 4th and 5th year students respectively. A good number of students (82.5%) expressed their opinion that lecture time was sufficient for their learning. Among the medical teachers the lecture methods followed were VIG (81%) OP (54%) EP (47.2%) EL (25.5%) AT (23%). Eighty Seven percent of the students gave their opinion that the best style of lecture was EP. Seventy and half percent students disliked the AT style followed by OP, which was 85.5%. Seventy two percent of the students were not satisfied with the teaching aids used by the teachers. OHP (90%) was the most commonly used teaching material. Most of the respondents (97.5%) expressed their opinion that SGT was the most suitable way for imparting information.