Department of Physiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Adv Physiol Educ. 2009 Dec;33(4):329-34. doi: 10.1152/advan.00050.2009.
In compliance with the Medical Council of India, preclinical medical students maintain a record of their laboratory work in physiology. The physiology record books also contain a set of questions to be answered by the students. Faculty members and students had indicated that responding to these questions did not serve the intended purpose of being an effective learning tool. The purpose of this study was to obtain the views of the medical students and faculty members at our institution concerning the usefulness of responding to the questions and to gather suggestions for possible improvement. Data were collected through focus groups and questionnaires to first-year medical students and faculty members in physiology and were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative methods. The students and faculty members viewed the physiology record books as a potentially useful learning aid, but lack of time led the students to write the answers without understanding the topic rather than generating their own responses to the questions. Faculty members and students recommended that the students should write the responses to the questions on site during the practical classes, using relevant on-site resources and interacting with faculty members. The findings of the present study may be of value to other medical colleges in India and outside India with modifications based on their specific needs to improve the effectiveness of physiology record books as a learning tool.
根据印度医学理事会的规定，医预学生要记录生理学实验的实验室工作。生理学记录册还包含一系列需要学生回答的问题。教师和学生都表示，回答这些问题并没有达到作为有效学习工具的预期目的。本研究旨在了解我们机构的医学生和教师对回答这些问题的有用性的看法，并收集可能改进的建议。通过焦点小组和问卷调查的方式收集了生理学一年级医学生和教师的数据，并使用定性和定量方法进行了分析。学生和教师认为生理学记录册是一种有潜力的有用的学习辅助工具，但由于缺乏时间，学生们在不理解主题的情况下只是机械地写答案，而不是针对问题生成自己的答案。教师和学生建议学生在实践课上当场回答问题，利用现场相关资源并与教师互动。本研究的结果可能对印度和印度以外的其他医学院校有价值，可根据具体需求进行修改，以提高生理学记录册作为学习工具的有效性。
