Can we teach more when we teach less? Interactive lectures, as an active learning vehicle, in comparison to traditional ones

Ahmad AbdulAzeem Abdullah; Mohammed Elnibras; Ibrahim Albalawi

Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2016

Can we teach more when we teach less? Interactive lectures, as an active learning vehicle, in comparison to traditional ones

Ahmad Abdulazeem Abdullah, Mohammed Elnibras, Ibrahim Albalawi

Abstract :

This study is designed to assess usefulness of interactive lectures in an undergraduate surgical module. Emphasis was also drawn on the advantages of interactive lectures to students` learning. Materials and methods: This is a quantitative descriptive study conducted during the surgical module taught to the 6th year medical students (N=28) at the faculty of medicine in the University of Tabuk in 2014. The module comprises 35 lectures, seven of which were designed as interactive sessions, which include different types of exercises posed to the students at regular intervals throughout the teaching activity. At the end of the module, students` satisfaction with interactive lectures and the aspects in which these lectures were useful to their learning was assessed through a specially designed questionnaire with Likert type scale.