Effectiveness of seminar as an educational tool among the undergraduate medical students: A study

Background: The faculty of medical colleges have a greater responsibility in making the study methods of their subject innovative, interesting and participatory for the under graduate students. One such method is organizing seminars for the undergraduate students. Objective: To assess effectiveness of student seminars as a teaching learning method in the undergraduate medical curriculum. Methods: This study was conducted in the Department of Biochemistry, Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad on a group of 150 students. This study assesses the role of seminar as teaching-learning tool by recording the effectiveness and perception of medical students on seminars through a pre-test/post-test evaluation and questionnaire-based survey. Results: A highly significant improvement (p