Open AccessImpact of basic medical education on medical teachers
Author(s) -
Ajay Gaur,
Akanksha Bansal,
Jyoti Bindal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2395-7565
DOI - 10.31254/jmr.2015.1309
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , medical education , medicine , medical knowledge , medical school , knowledge retention , psychology , computer science , world wide web
Background: Medical Education has undergone major changes over the past decades. Workshops on the Medical education are required for refreshing the knowledge of medical teachers. Objective: To assess medical teachers before and after Medical Education training. Study design: Prospective questionnaire based study. Settings: Department of Pediatrics, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior during 1-3 March 2012; 6-8 December 2012 and17-19 November 2014 and each was followed after 3 months. Participants: A total of 30, 23 and 21 Medical teachers respectively from various departments. Method: Each participant filled a pre-session questionnaire before the beginning of training process and a post-session questionnaire immediately after the completion of workshop and three months afterwards. Scores obtained in the pre and post- session questionnaires were compared. Training process during each workshop lasted for eight hours per day for three days and participants gave effective feedback at the end of training process. Result: Significant improvement in the knowledge of participants was observed immediately and after three months. Conclusion: Regular training of the medical teachers is required to keep them updated with the new advances in Medical Education and also it is required to compare their knowledge before and after the session and after a set time period to see the level of improvement and how much they have learned.