Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2019

Students' perception on 'Doughnut Rounds' in Self Directed learning of Anatomy

Satyajit Saha, Hironmoy Roy

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Introduction: Medical Council of India (MCI) has proposed the key roles of an Indian Medical Graduate (IMG) are Clinician, Communicator, Lifelong Learner, Leader, Professional (C2L2P). But till now, an undergraduate student has the idea of a clinician. In present Competency based Medical education curriculum MCI proposed a separate hours for the self directed learning for each subjects. “Doughnut Rounds” are one of the methods of the SDL where students participate with his/her peer actively. Till now so far the literatures have been searched for, its implementation in discipline of Anatomy has not been found searched. So this study aims for using the method in Anatomy teaching. Aim: To assess the students’ feedback on participating the dough–nut rounds in SDL session of Anatomy. Methodology: After the permission from Institutional Ethics Committee, with the volunteering students three rounds of Dounghnut Rounds have been arranged in Phase 1 MBBS students of the last academic year in three topics viz clinical applied parts of inferior Extremity, Thorax and Abdomen. Students’ feedback have been obtained in a prestructured prevalidated questionnaire and ananlysed using standard software. Result: Majority of student perceived that this method has improved their communication skill, learning with reasoning, as well as peer–to–peer interaction. They have even suggested for its regular implementation in other disciplines. Conclusion: This study reflects well the students perception on Doughnut rounds in Self Directed learning in Anatomy, which may be for the very first time in the discipline.

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STUDENTS' PERCEPTION ON 'DOUGHNUT ROUNDS' IN SELF DIRECTED LEARNING OF ANATOMY, Satyajit Saha, Hironmoy Roy INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-12 | December-2019

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