Entry knowledge and situational feedback of MBBS students.
BACKGROUND
A need has been felt to acquire knowledge of students at Kathmandu Medical College (KMC) who have decided to take up a medical career and have enrolled at KMC after completing two years of basic sciences.


OBJECTIVE
The intent was to (i) find out the entering status with regard to general knowledge, (ii) get feedback from the students about the facilities provided by the management both at basic sciences complex at Duwakot and clinical sciences at Sinamangal and (iii) get feedback regarding the teaching learning activities provided by various departments in KMC. This attempt at getting their point of view was for trying to improve upon the facilities by taking up their suggestions and doing away with the weaknesses. Preference was given to hostel students as they would be able to comment on living conditions.


METHODS
A total of 150 students from three consecutive batches from basic and clinical sciences were included in the study. Survey questionnaires were distributed and all the forms were returned. The obtained data was analyzed using SPSS 11.5 version for Windows.


RESULTS
It was found that the entry knowledge on general issue was better in 6th batch of students (87.08+/-17.41) than 5th batch (82.19+/-17.43) and 7th batch (78.93+/-20.60), but not significant (p=0.164>0.05). The students in different batches differed in their rating of various facilities provided by KMCTH. The most liked departments in terms of teaching learning activities were departments of Anatomy and Pathology.


CONCLUSIONS
Entry knowledge of the students of three batches was found to differ but not significant, correlating with the amount of teaching and learning received at KMC. The facilities provided by KMC were perceived as more satisfactory by the students who enrolled at KMC in later years. The earlier students had to cope with more difficulties as KMC was trying to improve on various facilities it provided to its students.


CONCLUSIONS
Level of entry knowledge got better as the students attained more and more years of teaching and learning activities. It was also seen that the student's perception of the quality of facilities provided by KMC got better overtime.
Sharma
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Department of Psychiatry, Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal. ssharma@wlink.com.np
Maharjan
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D001290:Attitude; D004516:Education, Premedical; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D009390:Nepal; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*