Randomized comparative study of novel teaching-learning methods versus conventional pedagogy in educating phase II MBBS students on different aspects of antimicrobial use

A randomized comparative study will be conducted among the phase II MBBS students after obtaining approval from the Institute Ethics Committee. After receiving written informed consent, the students will be randomly allocated to one of two groups: control group (using conventional pedagogy i.e. didactic lecture-based learning) or experimental group (using novel teaching-learning methods). A pretest will be administered to both the groups to have baseline assessment of the knowledge of the topic. After completion of respective teaching-learning sessions, a post-test (immediately and 15 days after the session) will be administered and scores will be calculated. In addition, students’ feedback regarding novel teaching-learning methods will be obtained with the help of a post intervention survey. Data will be analysed using descriptive statistics and student’s t-test wherever appropriate.