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Chapter-24 Newer Methodologies in Medical Education

BOOK TITLE: Principles of Medical Education

Author
1. Singh Daljit
2. Singh Tejinder
3. Gupta Piyush
ISBN
9788184485653
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10679_24
Edition
3/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
6
Author Affiliations
1. Amritsar, India, Dr Daljit Singh Eye Hospital, 57, Joshi Colony, Amritsar, India, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India, G B Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India, GB Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate, Medical Education and Research, Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India, Dr Daljit Singh Eye Hospital, 57, Joshi Colony, Amritsar-143001, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India, Dr Daljit Singh Eye Hospital, Radhaswami Road, Amritsar, India, Air Force Hospital, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India; Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), London, UK, Command Hospital (SC), Pune, Maharashtra, India, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, L
2. Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, SGRD Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India, CMCL-FAIMER Regional Institute; MCI Regional Center; Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Medical Education SGRD Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India
3. University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India, Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Indian Academy of Pediatrics (2021), University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India; Indian Academy of Pediatrics 2020, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India; Indian Academy of Pediatrics 2021, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Elect 2020, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Indian Pediatrics; IAP Education Center, Indian Academy of Pediatrics 2008-13; University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, University College of Medical Sciences; Indian Pediatrics, New Delhi, India, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB
Chapter keywords
medical education, distance education, mode of instruction, problem-based learning, curricula, distance teaching, student support services, self-instructional materials

Abstract

This chapter describes some newer methodologies being adopted for medical education all over the world. Distance education (DE) is a non-conventional learner-centered teaching-learning system which does not rely on face-to -face teaching as the primary mode of instruction but which facilitates two-way academic dialogue by a variety of media. DE is cost effective and cost efficient as compared to other modes of education, primarily because it can address a large number of learners at one go. Further, it maintains equality and quality of education. DE can also be used for traditional campus based teaching, thus allowing freedom to teachers to engage themselves in research and other academic pursuits. Problem-based learning (PBL) is an educational strategy, where the problem is posed first and learning areas are identified later. The basic approach of PBL is learning in context. It puts the learner in a particular situation and then gives him a task as a source of learning, comparable to an actual task that he may be confronted in his future professional life. The burden of learning is shifted from the college or teacher to the student himself. PBL devotes less attention to filling the mind, it aims to prepare and develop it.

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