Fourth-year MBBS students at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi are now experiencing improved classroom lectures. Attendance has also increased over the past few months. This change came after a committee of 11 faculty members recommended reforms in the pattern of teaching, training and evaluation of final-year MBBS students.
"We were consulted by the panel members and we suggested more practical-based clinical learning classes along with theoretical classes, where multiple subjects should be touched for a single topic for the benefit of students. Our experience of lecture classes has improved and that will help us. They got to know about the areas where they were lacking and now focusing on improving them," Saras Kumar, fourth year MBBS student of AIIMS Delhi told Careers360.
"Practical tests which used to be conducted on a monthly basis are now being conducted weekly. Only things that can be done to make classes more interesting are regular clinical postings. The best way to learn the skills is to interact with patients and the addition of modern techniques and tools in classes will help us," he added.
The AIIMS Delhi administration discovered that final-year students' attendance was "poor" and they were more engaged in coaching classes for the entrance test for post graduate (PG) medical courses such as the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG). On January 25, the institute constituted a committee of faculty members to suggest reforms for teaching methods, clinical training and final-year MBBS examination.
The committee has submitted its suggestions to the dean of academics at AIIMS Delhi.
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