Vol. 8, Issue 5 (2019)

Author(s):
Dr. Nayana R sakre, Dr. Syed Sujat Pasha and Dr. Chetan DB

Abstract:
Overhead projector (OHP) and Microsoft power point presentation (PPT) are the newer methods of teaching. The PPT is now the popular teaching tool in the delivery of lectures. Power point based lectures are increasingly used in the medical colleges in delivering lectures. Various studies have been conducted to study the effectiveness of the different methods of teaching. In one study the students preferred the traditional blackboard teaching as the best teaching method ^[5]. Whereas in another study power point was the considered as the best teaching method by the students. In the present study the medical students preferred blackboard as the effective teaching aid compared to the power point teaching method. 68(61.81%) students preferred blackboard as the teaching tool. 71(64.54%) students considered that blackboard helps in better perception of the subject compared to power point presentation. 64 (58.18%) of the students were of the opinion that blackboard helps to retain the information delivered in the class.