In Medical Education, Size does matter

Abstract

It is seen by and large that small group teaching has a much greater impact than
dealing with larger groups but in a densely populated like India, the size of the group
is a big challenge. Even though, a lot of changes have been brought forward in
MBBS teaching through CBME, the number of seats is being increased
simultaneously. Keeping this aside, if we look at other courses, we cannot miss the
fact that when teaching small groups, it has several advantages than when dealing
with a large group, this is with respect to courses such as BDS, BSC Nursing and
DMLT, particularly in Kerala.