Background: The Medical Council of India has laid down the norms and guidelines for integrated teaching to enhance the student’s approach to learning in a comprehensive manner. Improvement in the quality of learning by the students through integrated learning is the need of hour.
Objective: To assess and compare the effects of traditional teaching with Integrated teaching. Materials and Methods: A comparative study was carried out on II MBBS students. After taking pre-test of students they were divided randomly into two group, one group underwent learning through traditional teaching sessions and other group took sessions of learning through integrated teaching technique. After finishing the topic post test was taken. Significance of difference of scores of pre and post-test of students was assessed by paired‘t’ test while significance of difference in mean change of scores in both groups of students was assessed by unpaired ‘t’ test. Students’ and faculty’s perception regarding the new approach was also inquired. Results: Mean change of score of students from pre-test to post-test in the study group was significantly higher (p<0.001) than in control group (3.43±1.88 v/s 0.65±1.81) while the difference in pre-test in both the groups was insignificant. More than 90 % students liked and retained the subject better with the new teaching methodology only 9.3% felt it more time consuming. Majority of faculty had liked this method. Conclusions: Integrated teaching was found to be more effective than the traditional one. This INTEGRATED TL method was well accepted by faculty as well as students. Both students and faculty had a positive attitude toward this innovation in education.
