INTERACTIVE LECTURES: A PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS AND LECTURERS

Objective: To evaluate usefulness of lectures in learning of basic science subjects by students and lecturers. Methodology: It was a survey carried out in Bahria University Medical Dental College after completion of six modules of teaching in Basic Sciences from January 2009 till December 2010. Response on usefulness of interactive lectures (IL) was acquired by a questionnaire designed separately for students and lecturers. The data was interpreted by soft ware “Statistical Software for Social sciences” (SPSS) version 15. Results: The perception of 97 students and 15 lecturers indicated usefulness of IL in better understanding of subject content. Majority of lecturers (93%) were convinced with its role in concept visualization. They were however not convinced with its role in persistence of interest and student s interaction (33%).Majority of students (84%) were satisfied with delivery of content (p 0.005), 89% understood structural and functional relationship by the teaching methodology however felt need of its improvement in terms of relevance of knowledge in applied sciences. Conclusion: The lecturers and students agreed upon usefulness of IL and its continuation as part of core curriculum in teaching of basic science subjects.