FORENSIC MEDICINE

TRANSFORMING TRADITIONAL TEACHING BY INCORPORATING A VARIETY OF SMALL GROUP TEACHING APPROACHES AT MULTAN MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE

Abstract

The subject of Forensic Medicine is a clinical subject requiring a variety of teaching
and learning modalities. The Department of Medical Education (DME) at Multan Medical and
Dental College (MMDC) coordinated and cooperated with the faculty of Department of Forensic
Medicine in order to introduce a few small group discussion strategies as new teaching tools
for students of 3rd year MBBS in 2013. These strategies have since been routinely adopted as
part of the curriculum for the subject of Forensic Medicine at MMDC. This paper describes the
introduction, importance and implementation success and challenges of these modalities in
detail.