Role of early clinical exposure in first-year medical education as an adjunct to conventional didactic teaching

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dc.contributor.authorSahoo, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorBehera, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-13T09:57:12Z
dc.date.available2025-08-13T09:57:12Z
dc.date.issued2025-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: Competency-based medical education includes early clinical exposure (ECE) to increase understanding and concept-building in the first phase of medical education. ECE does not replace basic sciences and conventional teaching but rather enriches and contextualizes that learning. Aim: To assess the importance of ECE in the first MBBS medical training session when taught as an adjunct to conventional didactic lectures. Method: We started with didactic lectures on a specific topic in electrocardiograms (ECGs) followed by ECE on the same topic. This was done in a hospital setting with real patients. We obtained approval from the institutional ethical committee, and students were included in the study after signing a consent letter. Result: The students returned a completed questionnaire after the didactic lecture, and the same students returned the questionnaire after an additional session of ECE. The students here acted as their own controls. Paired t-tests and Wilcoxon tests were performed, which revealed that the results were highly significant (p<0.001). Conclusion: ECE was perceived as very satisfactory by the students, and it helped improve the building concept, clarity in the usefulness of the classroom, and theoretical teaching. This will also spike their interest in the subject in the long run. ECE might prove to be instrumental in bridging the gap between theory and practice from the beginning of medical education if it is executed properly.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor & HOD, Department of Anesthesiology, Netaji Subhas Medical College, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor & HOD, Department of Physiology, Manipal-TATA Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationSahoo A, Behera S.. Role of early clinical exposure in first-year medical education as an adjunct to conventional didactic teaching . National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2025 Jan; 15(1): 54-57en_US
dc.identifier.issn2231-3206
dc.identifier.issn2320-4672
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/252852
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisher?Eldaghayes Publisheren_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume15en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5455/NJPPP.2025.v15.i1.17en_US
dc.subjectEarly clinical exposure (ECE)en_US
dc.subjectDidactic lectureen_US
dc.subjectMedical educationen_US
dc.subjectCompetency-based medical educationen_US
dc.subjectCBMEen_US
dc.titleRole of early clinical exposure in first-year medical education as an adjunct to conventional didactic teachingen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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