title: Introducing physiology practical demonstration in course curriculum for the first year nursing students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Combination of didactic lecture, practical demonstration and performing experiments by students is followed in medicine, dentistry and bachelor of pharmaceutical sciences. The purpose of this study was to assess the attitudes of nursing students towards practical demonstration in physiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy three nursing students of the first year underwent practical demonstration of Physiology experiments. Students indicated their agreement or disagreement with the 8 items by ticking one of the five alternative responses. Mean attitude scores were calculated for each item and for the total scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall mean attitude score of 3.76 was towards the favourable side. Eighty seven percent of students agreed that practical demonstration reinforces concepts. Eighty nine percent of students found practical demonstration is a good form of learning experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The introduction of practical demonstration in addition to didactic lectures may help the students in understanding concepts in Physiology.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, KMC Manipal, Manipal University , Manipal -576104, India .
authors.forename: Shivananda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalludi
authors.forename: Ravindra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maradi
authors.forename: Murali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.forename: Raghavendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: Manjunath
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sathyanarayanachar
keywords: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE); Objective Structured Practical Examination(OSPE); Practical Demonstration