Students perception of  English and Medical Terminology Training as a part of curriculum

Dr Atul Manoharrao Deshkar; Dr Akshataa Atul Deshkar; Dr Supriya John; Dr Sumeet Tripathi; Dr Prakash BM

Volume : IV, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

Students perception of English and Medical Terminology Training as a part of curriculum

Dr Atul Manoharrao Deshkar, Dr Akshataa Atul Deshkar, Dr Supriya John, Dr Sumeet Tripathi, Dr Prakash Bm

Abstract :

Background: In the medical colleges where students are predominantly coming from tribal area, linguistic skills are one of the major problem in imparting medical education. Most of students coming to Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur are from vernacular medium till their higher secondary, learning and understanding medical physiology in English medium becomes one of the major hurdle for the students after joining medical education. The MCI is a statutory body that deals with the establishment of norms and standards for the Medical Education in India. These standards include the requisites for a proper infrastructure and other necessities for the smooth running of the undergraduate as well as the post graduate courses in Medicine. Couple of aspects that need to be crucially considered are medium of the instructions and changes in curriculum.. The present study was intended to evaluate the students perspectives for proposed change in curriculum by Vision 2015 and to prepare and propose a module to be followed for poor performer due to lack of linguistic skills . Inclusion of the module in medical English and terminology will be helpful in improving the performance of poor performers in university examination