Faculty perceptions of the strengths, weaknesses and future prospects of the current medical undergraduate experimental physiology curriculum in Gujarat, India.

摘要: Over the past several years, an opinion has emerged in India that current practical curricula medical schools fail to meet many of objectives for which they were instituted. Hence, this study assessed perception physiology faculty members regarding experimental curriculum one Indian state, Gujarat. The topics currently taught (amphibian nerve-muscle and heart muscle experiments) outdated clinically irrelevant: Therefore, advocated duration teaching time devoted some these should be reduced with clinical relevance introduced at undergraduate level. also felt more emphasis laid on highlighting aspect related each concept . Moreover, a majority favour replacing practice Gujarat only by explanation graphs obtained from experiments conducted previous computer assisted learning small groups.