title: Pedagogical effectiveness of innovative teaching methods initiated at the Department of Physiology, Government Medical College, Chandigarh.
abstract: Modern teaching trends in medical education exhibit a paradigm shift from the conventional classroom teaching methods adopted in the past to nonconventional teaching aids so as to encourage interactive forms of learning in medical students through active participation and integrative reasoning where the relationship of the teacher and the taught has undergone tremendous transformation. Some of the nonconventional teaching methods adopted at our department are learning through active participation by the students through computer-assisted learning (CD-ROMs), Web-based learning (undergraduate projects), virtual laboratories, seminars, audiovisual aids (video-based demonstrations), and "physioquiz."
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Government Medical College, #1119 Gov't. Medical College Quarters, Sector 32-B, Chandigarh 160014, India.
authors.forename: K Sri
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Nageswari
authors.forename: Anita S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: Nandini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Gurjit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaur
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010827:Physiology / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*