Utility of Interactive Teaching Tools in Classroom Teaching-A Review of literature

  • Dhananjay Shrikant Kotasthane Department of Pathology,Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute,Pillaiyarkuppam,Pondicherry-Cuddalore Main road,Pondicherry
  • Vaishali Dhananjay Kotasthane Department of Pathology,Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute,Pillaiyarkuppam,Pondicherry-Cuddalore Main road,Pondicherry
Keywords: Medical education, Medical education technology, interactivity, interactive teaching tools

Abstract

Change in medical education is needed to prepare doctors to  meet the challenges of changing trends in the health care delivery system.Most of the medical schools have traditional, teacher-centered training.Most of the current undergraduate training is didactic and pedagogical, with the teacher as a source of information, which encourages students for surface learning.The most popular and widespread teaching method is lecturing.In a lecture, learners are passive.It haslowestretention value of all teaching techniques.After  reviewing literature, it was noted from various studies that incorporation of various interactive techniques, viz,brainstorming,think pair and share,Multiple choice questions,role play, word puzzles, quiz, group tasks,Problem based learning,case based learning help to achieve learning objectives in a student centric manner..Also, from review of literature it is  found that interactivity makes the students more attentive and enthusiastic. Incorporation of interactivity in lectures has been found to improve teaching-learning process by educators who utilized interactivity in classroom teaching.Interactive teaching in medical education is need of hour to be introduce to achieve goals of learning outcomes of undergraduate teaching.DOI: 10.21276/AABS.2017.1345 

Author Biographies

Dhananjay Shrikant Kotasthane, Department of Pathology,Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute,Pillaiyarkuppam,Pondicherry-Cuddalore Main road,Pondicherry
Professor and HOD,Department of pathology,,Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute,Pillaiyarkuppam,Pondicherry-Cuddalore Main road,Pondicherry 607402
Vaishali Dhananjay Kotasthane, Department of Pathology,Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute,Pillaiyarkuppam,Pondicherry-Cuddalore Main road,Pondicherry
Assistant Professor

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Published
2017-02-28
Section
Review Articles