Case based vs project based teaching in Paediatrics: A cross sectional perception and result based study

Abstract

Paediatrics is a clinical subject, which is taught in IIIrd year of MBBS. According to current curriculum the subject is mainly taught in classroom setting and very less exposure to clinical application and hospital based real life situations. It makes subject very insipid and students do not understand the utilization of subject during their actual practice. Clinical application based learning involves clinical projects that incorporate complex tasks, based on challenging questions or problems that involve students in design, problem-solving, decision-making, or investigative activities; give students the opportunity to work relatively autonomously over extended periods of time; and culminate in realistic products or presentations. This study puts in an effort to find the superior of the two ways of clinical teaching. The first being the case based learning and the second being the project based learning.