ALICE: An Innovative Teaching and Learning Activity

An innovative teaching learning program involving 200 first year undergraduate medical students was planned and executed over a period of four months. The students were divided into groups and teams. Some teams were exposed to live patients in the hospital to learn. The teams worked together and one of them presented their findings to the audience comprising all the students and the preclinical faculty. Specific faculty from the departments including relevant clinical departments guided the teams of students. All the presentations were done by the students and assessed objectively by panels of faculty. All presenting students were rewarded with certificates. The best performer for each day was given a prize. Feedback on the program was got from all the students and analysed.