A STUDY ON IMPACT OF ORIENTATION PROGRAM AND FOUNDATION COURSE AT ENTRY LEVEL ON FIRST-YEAR MBBS STUDENTS

Chatterjee Anant, Majumdar Sayantani, Dey Arijit

Abstract


Objectives: To assess the continued usefulness and relevance of Foundation Course in priming students
to the multiple arenas of medical curriculum. To study the perception of medical ethics in the students who
hae enrolled in the new cirruculum.
Methodology: Foundation Course was conducted for 250 incoming MBBS students of 2019 Batch and initial Student feedback
obtained by an pre designed and pre validated anonymous questionnaire to assess the usefulness and relevance of the
Foundation Course.
Results: In the feedback, most of the students understood the program and felt that the skills taught can be implemented. More
than half of the students had a proper idea about the professionalism of being a doctor .A small part of the study population
understood but felt the skills difcult to implement while a negligible portion did not understand at all.
Conclusion: This study makes it clear that there is a lasting impact of foundation course in acquainting students with multiple
arenas of medical curriculum. It is the rst decisive step in the long journey of medical education and should be a regular
feature in the curriculum.


Keywords


Orientation Program, Foundation Course, Medical Education, MCI Curriculum, Indian Medical Graduate

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