Open AccessInnovations in teaching/learning methods for medical students: Research with mentoring
Author(s) -
Atul Kotwal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.119822
Subject(s) - subject (documents) , medical education , teaching method , medicine , mathematics education , psychology , computer science , library science
In this era of evidence-based medicine, innovative teaching learning methods coupled with appropriate mentoring are required to make the undergraduate medical students interested in the speciality of Community Medicine. Teaching research methodology to medical students by a hands-on approach along with mentoring by involving them in small, feasible, sustainable, and replicable studies on a topic of interest clearly showed renewed interest among students toward the subject.