Role of an Interactive Session in the Improvement of Academic Performance in Pre-Clinical Subjects of the Second Year BDS

Autor: Atiya Abdul Karim, Nazish Fatima, Sidra Mohiuddin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College, Vol 27, Iss 4 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1563-3241
DOI: 10.58397/ashkmdc.v27i4.538
Popis: Objective: To compare the academic performance of students from two consecutive batches taught through different teaching strategies during their pre-clinical year. Methods: We compare two batches of the second year BDS in a basic dental science subject (a subject I and Subject II). The mode of intervention of the current batch was via interactive lectures compared with didactic lectures delivered to the previous batch. Both batches were assessed by Continuous Assessments Test CAT in mid of semester followed by the Semester Exam. The two-independent t-test was used to measure the difference in academic scores between two batches of students who received teachings through an interactive session and didactic lectures respectively. Results: The students of the current batch (n=41) obtained better scores during the continuous assessment test (65.1±11.01) than (55.3±11.80) previous batch students (n=43) at p
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