Abstract

In medical education, different teaching methods are being used, and it is believed that methods involving active learning are usually stronger, motivate learners as they can control their learning process. So, the study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of traditional teaching augmented with interactive sessions (TT+IS) as a new teaching approach in Biochemistry teaching.

Methodology: Students of second-year MBBS were taught two topics of Biochemistry having the same difficulty level one by Modified Team-Based learning (MTBL) and the other by TT+IS by the same instructor. A post teaching test was taken. A feedback form was also filled by the participants at the end of the teaching sessions. Results and the students’ responses were compared for both teaching methodologies.

Results: There was a significant increase in the positive responses for TT+IS when compared with MTBL. The means of the test scores were strongly correlated (p<0.05) with both methods but students showed better pass percentage with TT+IS.

Conclusion: Traditional teaching augmented with interactive session methodology is an effective teaching method for teaching Biochemistry to MBBS students.

Abstract

Background: Nomophobia is a term that describes a terrible feeling of being without a mobile device, or outside mobile phone communication, in today's world. It's on the rise between today's high school and college students. A number of college students are now using their mobile phones to shower. Sign and symptoms include Irritation, Panic, Nervousness, Anguish, and Inability to regulate or avoid using activities, severe disability, Depression, Anxiety, Social phobia. The treatment consisted of the use of medication, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and the application of evaluation tools. 

Objective: The survey on Nomophobia among Pakistan is a prospective research that was led during the months of November and December 2020 at various places of Pakistan

.Methods: For the data collection of volunteers, we designed an online survey form. 

Results: Out of the total respondents 65.2% were female and 34.8% male. Female preponderance was seen in our study. Most of the participants were in the age group of 15 to 25 years. The use of mobile phone in population varies from between 4 to 6 years 34%, 7 to 9 years 22.3%, between 1 to 3 years 20.5%, between 10 years 20.5% and less than 1 year were a very few. The time spent on usage of phone on daily basis differ from  1-2 hours 13.4%, 3-4 hours 33%, 5 hours or more, 8-10 hours 19.6%, more than 12 hours 8.5%. The frequency of checking phone every 30 minutes.

Conclusion: High levels of nomophobia especially among young women and men have been shown in the current study. The amount of hours spent using a Smartphone was the best indicator of nomophobia.