PERCEPTION, ACADEMIC CHALLENGES AND MOBILE PHONE USAGE AMONG FIRST-YEAR MBBS STUDENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Background: Medical education is rapidly changing nowadays, National Medical Council (NMC) is also introducing MET (medical education technology)training among teachers so that they can implement in the MBBS curriculum. 1st MBBS students are going through many difculties because they are exposed to medical eld rst time in their lives. And every year experimenting is going on about change in syllabus addition and deletions in syllabus are making students anxious too. Aim & Objective: Aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge, Attitude and Perception of 1st MBBS students about Medical teaching & Education. Objective of our study is to evaluate the inuence of mobile smart phones and internet on medical education. Methodology: The study will be carried on 200 students of 1st MBBS 2024-25 batch at GMC, Akola. Questionnaire were prepared regarding medical teaching and smart mobile phones inuences and Google forms were given to students for lling which contain Attitude towards 1st MBBS subject, Attitude toward usage of smart phones. Conclusion: By doing this study we can come to know the students perception regarding individual subjects, how to improve our teaching skills so that the subject become interesting and what innovative ideas can be implicated on teaching skills so that students feel the subject interesting.