Saima Ali, Liaqat Ali.
Efficacy of gagne's nine events of instructions in improving the performance of undergraduate final year medical students.
Adv Health Prof Educ Jan ;1(2):66-9.

BACKGROUND Medical Education is an important part of health education system and its importance cannot be undermined in medical curriculum. One of the pillars of Bloom\'s Taxonomy is Knowledge and there are several methods of Mode of information transfer (MIT). One of the methods in existing MITs is a formal lecture. Although the efficacy of formal lecture in improving learning outcome of medical students is questionable, yet it is most commonly practiced across the globe. AIM To determine the effectiveness of incorporating Gagne\'s nine events of instructions in power point presentation lectures in improving the result of undergraduate students in subject of pediatrics. METHODOLOGY It was prospective cohort study conducted in department of Pediatric, Peshawar Medical College. Total numbers of 100 final year MBBS students of pediatrics were enrolled by Non-Probability consecutive sampling. In the first phase, formal PowerPoint lecture was delivered to final year in Non-Gagne\'s style on Acyanotic heart disease followed by MCQs test. In second phase, the same teacher delivered Power Point lecture on Cyanotic Heart Disease according to the Gagne\'s nine events of instructions followed by MCQs test. All the data were analyzed using SPSS v.17. RESULTS The mean Non-Gagne\'s marks were 25.7(9-57). The Independent sample T-Test showed no significant difference (p=0.523) between male and female students in Non-Gagne\'s assessment. However, the total mean score of post- Gagne\'s was found to be 74.39 ± 24.9 (14-100). Paired T-Test showed a significant difference (p<0.001) between total mean of Non and Post-Gagne\'s marks. Paired T-test revealed significant difference in favor of female students (p<0.001). CONCLUSION Our conclusion is that Gagne\'s nine events of instructions is an effective tool in improvement of performance in undergraduate medical students in Pediatrics.

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