1. Community Based Project Work as a Teaching Tool: Students' Perception.
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Vaidya, Varsha M. and Gothankar, Jayashree S.
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MEDICAL students , *PROJECT method in teaching , *FIELDWORK (Educational method) , *SOCIAL interaction , *MEDICAL school curriculum - Abstract
The article examines the perception of medical students at the department of Community Medicine of Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College (BVUMC) in Pune, India concerning the role of community based projects as a teaching tool. It notes that the BVUMC allows fourth to sixth semester undergraduate students to interact with various sections of the society through such projects. It mentions that 78% of the students expressed their satisfaction about the project while 96% agreed to have the project included in their curriculum.
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- 2009
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