Shumaila Muhammad Iqbal, Amber Waqar, Zeeshan Zafar, Shamsuddin Muhammad Anwar.
Assessment of Lecture Outlines as a Learning Resource at Dow Medical College – A Students’ Perception.
J Dow Uni Health Sci Jan ;8(2):43-8.

Objective: To determine which study aid, Lecture Outlines or textbooks, do the students of Dow Medical College find more accessible and preferable for the comprehensive coverage of their educational course. Introduction: Technology has revolutionized education as we know it. Each method has its proponents, with students preferring either one or a combination of those choices. The effects of the guided notes, overhead lectures, textbook reading and note taking methods on the academic performance of students have been studied thoroughly and convincingly in several studies. Methodology: This cross sectional survey which was conducted at Dow Medical College from August 1st 2013 till October 1st 2013. Ethical approval for conducting study was taken from the Institutional Review Board of Dow University of Health Sciences. Data was collected by convenient sampling. The subjects for the study were students Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.BS) from Dow Medical College (DMC) enrolled in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year. Students fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in the study after written consent. For data collection, 225 students were approached and given questionnaire for the assessment purpose. 197 students returned the filled questionnaire. Out of which, 6 were discarded due to their inappropriate filling giving an overall usable return rate of 84.88% (191 out of 225). Data was entered and analyzed using SPPS software (version 16.0). Results: From 191 valid participations, for the comprehensive coverage of educational course, 23% of students prefer textbooks, 1% prefers lecture outlines, 74.3% prefer both lecture outlines and textbooks and remaining 1.6% mentioned the usage of other study sources. 54.16% of students, who use Lecture Outlines only or Lecture Outlines and textbooks both in combination, prefer Lecture Outlines because they contain the complete and authentic information required to pass Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) exams. 78% of students believe that Lecture Outlines available on DUHS websites are unorganized, uneven and haphazard. 67% of students face disparities between the Contents in textbooks and Lecture Outlines. 47.6% of the students consider the prior availability of Lecture Outlines, a cause of students bunking their classes. 56.5% of students believe that if the Lecture Outlines were not available on the DUHS website, students would be encouraged to pay more attention in their respective lecture halls. 74.3% of students believe that Lecture Outlines must be made more effective for the students to learn. Conclusion: Majority of the Student mass of DMC prefer Lecture Outlines and textbooks in combination for the comprehensive coverage of their educational course. According to them, Lecture Outlines provided, are unorganized, uneven and haphazard and they fail to build the conceptual understanding of the topic. Hence, they should be made more effective and easily understandable for the students.

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