Study to evaluate the effectiveness of clinical oriented anatomy teaching to medical students

Background: Anatomical knowledge of students is influenced by various effective methods of teaching It has been proved that basic science knowledge learned in the context of a clinical case is actually better comprehended and more easily applied by medical students than basic science knowledge learned in isolation. The present study intended to evaluate the effectiveness of Clinically Oriented Teaching of anatomy in undergraduate medical curriculum. Methods: Clinical oriented anatomy teaching is a teaching strategy wherein, students were taught physiology using cases and critical thinking questions. In this study a questionnaire was prepared for the students of MBBS 1st proff. The response of the students was studied in depth and statistically analyzed. Different methods of teaching were evaluated through responses given by first MBBS students. Results: Comparison of different teaching methods shows that after mixed teaching (classical including clinical oriented teaching) scores of students were significantly higher compared to classical teaching method or only clinical oriented teaching method. Feedback from the students indicated that they preferred mixed teaching method which is found to e more effective in learning the subject. Conclusion: The study supports the fact that assessment and teaching patterns should fall in line with each other as proved by the better performance of the students in evaluation test by mixed clinical oriented teaching, and study denotes that motivation,understanding and application of subject is associated with the teaching method of the subject.