Title
Impact of reflection writing on the learning ability of Indian medical students
Authors
Rekha Jiwane1,*, Vivekanand Gajbhiye2, Sandip Hulke1, Ruchi Singh1, Ragini Shrivastava1 & Varun Malhotra1
Affiliation
1Department of Physiology, AIIMS, Bhopal, India; 2Department of Anatomy, RKDF Medical Collage, Bhopal, India; *Corresponding author
Rekha Jiwane - E-mail: rekha.physiology@aiimsbhopal.edu.in;hod.physiology@aiimsbhopal.edu.in; Phone: +91 8319627693
Vivekanand Gajbhiye - E-mail: vivek.gajbhiye25@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9399075361
Sandip Hulke - E-mail: sandip.physiology@aiimsbhopal.edu.in; Phone: +91 9039769805
Ruchi Singh - E-mail: ruchi.physiology@aiimsbhopal.edu.in; Phone: +91 7773010095
Ragini Shrivastava - E-mail: ragini.physiology@aiimsbhopal.edu.in; Phone: +91 9827641115
Varun Malhotra - E-mail: varun.physiology@aiimsbhopal.edu.in; Phone: +91 8287215376
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received May 1, 2024; Revised May 31, 2024; Accepted May 31, 2024, Published May 31, 2024
Abstract
Reflective writing develops meta-cognition among students. Therefore, it is of interest to compare effectiveness of post lecture reflective writing to didactic lecture between individual and group reflective writing. Hence, we included 124 first-year students from AIIMS Bhopal, India and divided them in two groups of 62 students. Both groups took a pre-test using a reflection questionnaire. Students were taught reflective writing. Both groups attended physiology lectures on two different topics. First lecture on body fluids where Group A wrote reflections individually and Group B did so in sub-groups (B1 to B6). After another lecture on Pathophysiology of oedema, Group A wrote reflections in groups and Group B wrote individually (A1 to A6). Both groups took a test in the form of MCQ about reflective writing on lectures. After intervention both groups took a post-test using a reflection questionnaire. Mean and standard deviation of Pre-test is 3.86 ± 0.86 and Post-test is 7.58 ± 1.01, respectively. The Mean and standard deviation of reflection who wrote individually is 38.05 ± 4.41 and in group is 27.45 ± 3.93, respectively with p-value < 0.05. Evaluation of students who wrote reflection in groups after second lecture the mean and standard deviation of reflection who wrote individually is 38.22 ± 4.64 and in group is 27.03 ± 2.87 respectively with p-value < 0.05. The performance of students who wrote reflection in groups is not satisfactory as compared to students who wrote their reflection individually.
Keywords
Reflective writing, physiology, First year students, oedema, body fluids
Citation
Jiwane et al. Bioinformation 20(5): 587-591 (2024)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
