فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Microteaching is a teacher training technique where a teachers get a constructivefeedback from peer or faculty in order to improve their teaching skills. Microteaching is conductedat the departmental level. By evaluating the components of microteaching, better teaching skills canbe developed in postgraduate (PG) students.OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to determine the pattern of teaching skills and toevaluate the components of teaching skills of microteaching in PG students.MATERIALS AND METHODS: It was a retrospective record‑based study done over a period of1 month. Microteaching assessment records of 34 PG students of the department of communitymedicine were analyzed.RESULTS: Teaching skills including setting induction during the class, lesson planning, presentation,and use of audio‑visual aids were found to be satisfactory. Students lacked the skills of interactionand summarization of the topic.CONCLUSION: PG students’ performance with many components was satisfactory, but still, there isa scope for improvement. Internalization of microteaching skills can make doctors a better teacher,a better learner, and a better health educator.