title: Assessing medical students' perception of effective teaching and learning in Nigerian medical school.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Medical education is always in a state of dynamic equilibrium with continuous evolution of new techniques in teaching and learning.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Objective of this study is to determine medical students' perception on preferences of teaching and learning.
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 207 medical students participated in the study. Most (73.9%) of them were males while the modal age group was 23-25 years. Majority (57.5%) of the students belong the middle socioeconomic class and 65.7% resided within the hostel.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Majority of the students (48.8%) believe two hours is enough to per lecture. Among the five different teaching-learning methods investigated, use of multimedia methods was found to be most effective. There exist a statistically significant association was found only in gender with regular oral examinations (Χ2 = 4.5, df = 1, p = 0.03) and socioeconomic class with dictation of lecture notes (Χ2 = 17.9, df = 9, p = 0.03).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present day medical student will end up as a good clinician if modern techniques of teaching and communication skills of the lecturers are adopted.
authors: Josephat M
authors: JM
authors: Chinawa
authors: Pius
authors: P
authors: Manyike
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Chukwu
authors: C B
authors: CB
authors: Eke
authors: Odetunde Odutola
authors: OO
authors: Isreal
authors: A T
authors: AT
authors: Chinawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards; D055815:Young Adult