Study habits and attitude of medical students of basic sciences

Nepal Med Coll J. 2007 Jun;9(2):129-31.

Abstract

Study habits and attitude for learning of Basic Medical Sciences amongst 133 students of first and second year MBBS course were analyzed (through questionnaires). The study revealed that the most of the students desired to be physicians to serve the patient/society. They preferred to learn more through self study (48.0%) and lecture classes (43.0%), less through group discussion (8.0%) and PBL (1.0%). Only 5.0% use to surf the internet regularly for their study matter and 79.0% students had never consulted any medical journals.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude*
  • Curriculum*
  • Data Collection
  • Education, Medical, Undergraduate*
  • Humans
  • Learning*
  • Nepal
  • Problem-Based Learning
  • Programmed Instructions as Topic
  • Science
  • Students, Medical / psychology*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Teaching*
  • Time Management