Bridging knowledge gaps: impact of remedial classes on first-year medical students in biochemistry – a cross-sectional study
Shreelaxmi V Hegde, Prajna P Shetty, Monikaa Senthilkumar, Ramesh Kandimalla, Grisilda Vidya Bernhardt, Janita RT Pinto, Renukadevi Mahadevan, Shashidhar M Kotian, KS Rashmi · 2024
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Shreelaxmi Hegde and eight co-authors measure the effect of remedial classes on struggling first-year medical students. Their twenty twenty-four cross-sectional study deals with biochemistry, a common stumbling subject. Remedial teaching targets each student's weak spots to pull them up to the expected standard.
Fifty-six underperforming students took tailored sessions over six months, with mixed methods checked by tests and feedback. Mean marks rose from about thirty to about seventy-one out of one hundred, a clear gain. Student feedback fed a thematic analysis of what worked and what did not. Regression singled out the most effective techniques. The authors back daily, tailored remediation for this group.
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| CREATOR | Shreelaxmi V Hegde, Prajna P Shetty, Monikaa Senthilkumar, Ramesh Kandimalla, Grisilda Vidya Bernhardt, Janita RT Pinto, Renukadevi Mahadevan, Shashidhar M Kotian, KS Rashmi |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |