Key result
A one-day vertically integrated teaching program on pregnancy induced hypertension significantly improved final year medical students' test scores from a mean of 24.29 to 34.51.
Why the study?
Vertically integrated teaching is gaining momentum, and revising basic concepts alongside regular case-based teaching of final-year clinical subjects may improve understanding and clinical preparedness among medical students.
Does vertically integrated teaching improve knowledge scores regarding pregnancy induced hypertension in medical students?
Does vertically integrated teaching improve knowledge scores regarding pregnancy induced hypertension in medical students?
Vertically integrated teaching of pregnancy-induced hypertension significantly improved medical students' knowledge scores and was highly preferred over traditional didactic methods.
May warrant piloting in medical curricula; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized validation before adoption.
Medical education is an evolving scientific field with new modifications and changes in teaching style added continuously for the betterment of medical students. Vertically integrated teaching of medical subjects is gaining momentum in the field of medical education in recent times. Revising the basic concepts of a particular common condition regularly seen in clinics with regular casebased teaching of clinical final year subjects leads to better understanding and learning among the medical students. Vertical integration makes the medical students ready with better preparedness to face real patients in future and thus works for their transition to a quality Indian medical graduate. The objectives of the study were-1. To evaluate the effectiveness of vertically integrated teaching by taking classes regarding 'pregnancy induced hypertension' along with basic concepts to final year MBBS students of 2014-15 batch by pre and post-test analysis. 2. To obtain valuable feedback from the medical students and analyse the feedback for future use.
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Sudakshina Chakrabarti (2019) studied Medical education (Pregnancy induced hypertension) (n=120). Vertically integrated teaching program vs. Pre-intervention baseline (Pre-test) was evaluated on Knowledge score (Post-test vs Pre-test) (p=<0.05). A one-day vertically integrated teaching program on pregnancy induced hypertension significantly improved final year medical students' test scores from a mean of 24.29 to 34.51.
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