A STUDY ON THE EVALUATION OF PERCEPTION OF TEACHING-LEARNING METHODS OF PHARMACOLOGY AMONG THE 2ND M.B.B.S. STUDENTS IN BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE, WEST BENGAL, INDIA.

BACKGROUND: Pharmacology can be defined as the study ofsubstances that interact with living systems through chemical processes,especially by binding to regulatory molecules and activating or inhibitingnormal body processes [1]. In recent years there is revolution in the fieldof Pharmacology, with the discovery of many new molecules of drugs,new drug development technology, new drug delivery system, so also inthe course and make the learning more difficult. Though in the recentyears various teaching-learning methods are adopted in the whole World,no common methods of teaching have been able to fix this problem so far[2]. So there is need of evaluation of student's perception regarding thedifferent teaching-learning methods of Pharmacology in different countryto create its own data. This type of study had never been conducted beforeat the Burdwan Medical College, West Bengal, India. In this perspectivemy present study will play an important role for improving medicaleducation in future. OBJECTIVE: The objective of my study was toevaluate the perception of different teaching-learning methods ofPharmacology among the 2nd M.B.B.S. students of my institution