Medical students and schools can both benefit from understanding and using better teaching techniques to produce more knowledgeable and better-informed doctors. In the initial years of their course, medical students should be concerned how well they know their subjects and how will they use their knowledge in the long-run. Medical schools should continue to deal with how to teach students the ever-increasing amounts of information and how to train them as better clinicians.
The teaching modules and the examinations should be designed to make the student think and make them competent enough to encounter real life medical emergencies. Furthermore, medical schools should not focus on the competitiveness as they might overlook how much knowledge their students have retained. The real focus must be given to challenging questions and scenarios in the initial years of their medical education…
