The document discusses various methods of group communication in medical education, including lectures, group discussions, tutorials, seminars, symposiums, panel discussions, role plays, projects, grand clinical rounds, and clinical case presentations. For each method, the advantages and disadvantages are outlined. Lectures provide efficiency but are passive, while discussions and tutorials are more active but authority-dependent. Seminars allow in-depth study with experts but some may feel inhibited. Role plays introduce problems dramatically but people may feel self-conscious. Practical teaching develops skills but lacks standardization.

1. COMMUNICATION
-Group Approach-
Dr. Mathew joseph
Junior resident
Department of anatomy
Aiims rishikesh

2. COMMUNICATION
GROUP APPROACH
 Lecture
 Group discussion
 Tutorial
 Seminar
 Symposium
 Panel discussion
 Role play
 Project
 Grand Clinical Rounds(GCR)
 Clinical Case Presentation.

3. Lecture:

4. Lecture
Advantages
 Saving of time & resources
 Enables a large amount of information to be
presented
 Covers a large group of learners
 Serves as a good means of introducing a subject
 Can provide an up to date view of the subject
 Presents factual material in direct, logical
manner
 Contains experience which inspires

5. Lecture
Disadvantages
•keeps learners in a passive situation
•Does not help in problem solving
•Offers hardly any possibility of how much a learner has learnt
•Does not cater to individual pace of learning
•Experts are not always good teachers
•Communication in one way

6. Lecture With Discussion
Advantages
Involves audience at least after the lecture
Audience can question, clarify & challenge

7. Lecture With Discussion
Disadvantages
Time may limit discussion period
Quality is limited to quality of questions and discussion

8. Group Discussion:
A face to face mutual interchange of ideas &
opinions between members or a relatively small
group(5-15).
It is more than random, unstructured conservation
which occurs whenever small no. of
participants discuss freely, frankly which is
democratic in every sense .

9. Group Discussion
Advantages
• Not authority dependent
• Demands activity on the part of learner
• A learner discovers his strengths and weaknesses himself in
comparison to his fellow learners

10. Group Discussion
Disadvantages
• Inexperience of teacher and learner in the group process
• Subject may not be adequately covered
• Inadequate preparation by the learner

11. Seminar

12. Seminar
Advantages
• Helps to study a subject in depth under the guidance of an authority
• Authority available to guide discuss and assist the participants
• Detail and systematic discussion and inquiry can take place
• All members participate in the discussion

13. Seminar
Disadvantages
• May difficult to inhibit participation of some members
• Presence of an expert may inhibit participation of some members
• Members may not want to spend all the time in preparation of
reports

14. PANEL DISCUSSION

15. Symposium

16. Symposium
Advantages
• Present new material in a concise and logical way
• Gives a fair analysis of several sides of a controversial issue
• Comprehensive coverage of subject is possible
• Audience alert because of discussion

17. Symposium
Disadvantages
• A symposium is quite formal
• Role of audience is passive
• Little opportunity for discussion between speeches

18. Tutorial
Limited number of students are taught in groups
on a particular subject by a tutor.

19. Tutorial
Advantages
• Communication is a two way process
• Demands activity on the part of learner
• Help to discover and correct mistakes
• Helps to find out the extant of learning

20. Tutorial
Disadvantages
• Authority dependency is maintained
• Inadequate coverage of subject may occur
• Lack of preparation by the learner.

21. Project:
A significant practical unit of activity having aimed
at one or more definite goal of understanding. It
involves the investigation and solution of
problems.

22. Role Play:
Acting out a situation for objective study, by a
group of the behavior of the role players.
Different from simulation.

23. Role Play:
Advantages
• Introduces problem situation dramatically
• Provides opportunity for people to assume roles of others and
thus appreciate another point of view
• Allows for exploration of solutions
• Provides opportunity to practice skills

24. Role Play
Disadvantages
• People may be too self-conscious
• Not appropriate for large groups
• People may feel threatened

25. Practical Bedside Teaching
Advantages
• Puts learner in an active situation
• Covers limited group of learners
• Permits evaluation of degree to which educational objectives have
been attained.
• Develops qualities of observation and decision making
• Permits comparison between reality and theory
• Enables learners to develop self - confidence

26. Practical Bedside Teaching
Disadvantages
• Poor standardization
• Sometimes puts the patient in difficulty
• Involves personal costs

27. Grand Clinical Rounds:
• GCR are methodology of medical education and inpatient care,
consisting of presenting the medical problems and treatment of a
particular patient to an audience consisting of doctors, residents and
medical students.

28. Clinical Case Presentation:
• A case presentation is a formal communication between health care
professionals(doctors, pharmacists, nurses, therapists, nutritionist
etc) regarding a patient's clinical informations.

29. The authority of those who teach is often an
obstacle to those who want to learn.
-Cicero

30. Thank You