Abstract
Medical education aims to provide valuable knowledge through effective learning and teaching strategies to students so that they can become competent caregivers. This study seeks to determine students' perception regarding those strategies and preferences for different available teaching methodologies. This is an observational, cross-sectional, and institution-based study conducted using a pre-structured, pre-validated, close-ended questionnaire. Three hundred fifty students participated in the study. Most of the students (78.3%) preferred interactive lecture through multimedia which was perceived to be the most effective method of delivery. More than 45% respondents considered the use of PowerPoint presentations as an efficient tool and 58% considered the multiple-choice question format in examination as the best evaluation method as compared to essay questions. Student's perceptions should be evaluated further through longitudinal and follow up studies which could help in corroborating their effectiveness. This would help in bridging the gap between the knowledge taught and gained by the students, thus improving academic excellence and reducing average outcomes.