All training activities, either in the classroom or in the field need to be well planned in order to bring the desirable changes among the participants. So, Lesson plan is mandatory for all the teachers in all the sectors. A daily lesson plan is developed by a teacher to guide class learning. Details will vary depending on the preference of the teacher, subject being covered, and the needs of the students. Here it is described how to prepare a lesson plan. All the steps of lesson plan are also described in easy language. Here you will find the definition of lesson plan, advantage of lesson plan, steps of preparing lesson plan and how to allocate time in different section.

1. Lesson Plan:
Importance and How to Prepare

2. ‘’All training activities, either in the
classroom or in the field need to be
well planned in order to bring the
desirable changes among the
participant’’

3. Lesson Plan:
Importance and How to Prepare
Diabetic Association Medical College, Faridpur, Bangladesh
Dr. Akhiruzzaman
Assistant Professor and Head of Community Medicine and
Public Health Department

4. Objectives
At the end of the presentation the participants
will be able to-
define lesson and lesson plan
mention the importance of lesson plan
state the advantages of lesson plan
list the content of a lesson plan
use lesson plan in own lessons

5. What is Lesson?
Amount of teaching providing in one setting
Time allocation needed

6. What is Plan?
• A blue print for taking action
• Deciding something in advance before
the actual event occur

7. What Is Lesson Plan?
An ideal schedule for the teacher to
conduct a teaching program correctly in a
relevant way.
A guide for the teacher which helps to
cover topics comprehensively with proper
sequence of points and without missing
anything

8. Key words for lesson plan
• Teaching amount
• Single setting
• Fixed time
• Proper sequence
• Without missing any content

9. Lesson Planning: Why?
To decide- what to do, when to do & how
to do during a lesson
It is an schedule for a teacher to conduct a
teaching program
Standardization and Uniformity of the
session conduction even when the teacher
is different

10. Advantages of Lesson Plan
Documentation of every session
Structured planning helps the teacher to
conduct the session effectively
Help the students to understand what they
are going to learn
Learning outcomes can be measured

11. Advantages of Lesson Plan Cont…
Aim of the lesson is identified and
maintained
Lesson material can be selected & arranged
Appropriate instructional method is
selected
Time management can be done best

13. Systematic approach of lesson
planning
First defining the ends or objectives to be
realized
Then choose the methods or means of
achieving them

14. Guide for planning a lesson
There are six basic steps

15. Step-1
State as precisely as possible what the
student learn (Objectives)

16. Step-2
Identify the purpose of learning what the
student is expected to learn in the lesson
Purpose:
• Personal growth
• Future use

17. Step-3
Think of what prior learning is required

18. Step-4
Design the sequence of learning within the
lesson content

19. Step-5
Identify the method of instruction and
instructional material which can best achieve
each of the steps in the sequence

20. Step-5 cont….
Methods of instruction:
1. Lecture
2. Small group teaching
• Tutorial
• Bedside teaching
• Practical/demonstration class

21. Instructional/teaching material:
• Text book
• OHP
• PowerPoint presentation
• Black/white board
• Model/dummy
• Patient/simulated patient
Step-5 cont….

22. Step-6
Plan for assessment of the students during/end
of the lesson
• Ask a question (In lecture)
• Ask a student to examine the patient
(Bedside teaching)
• Let other student check (Practical class)

23. Contents of a lesson plan
1) Topic
2) Place, Date & Duration
3) Learning objectives
4) Purpose of learning the topic
5) Pre-requisite knowledge/Pre test
6) List of contents & it’s organization
7) Methods of Instruction
8) Teaching materials (audio-visual aids) to be used
9) Concurrent evaluation or Feedback from students
10) Review & summary
11) Reference: Resource material Resource personnel

24. Time Allocation
1) Topic
2) Place, Date & Duration
3) Learning objectives
4) Purpose of learning the topic
5) Pre-requisite knowledge/Pre test
6) List of contents & it’s organization
7) Methods of Instruction
8) Teaching materials (audio-visual aids) to be used
9) Concurrent evaluation or Feedback from students
10)Review & Summary
11)Reference: Resource material Resource personnel

25. Lesson Plan
Subject
Topic
Lesson title
Lesson duration Date: Venue:
Methods of Instruction Materials:
Lesson objectives
(- minutes)
Purpose/ relevance of
learning (- minutes)
Pre-requisite of learning
(- minutes)
List of contents and its
organization
(- minutes)
Feedback from students (- minutes)
Review or summary
(- minutes)
Reference

26. Example (Lesson plan for Community
Medicine Lecture class)

27. Lesson Plan (Food and Nutrition, Lesson-1)
1. Topic: Xerophthalmia
2.1. Date: 13.08.2023
2.2. Duration: 1 hour
2.3. Place: Lecture gallery-3, BSMMC

28. 3. Objective: (4 minutes)
At the end of the session students will be able
to-
• define xerophthalmia
• enumerate the sign symptoms of vitamin-A
deficiency
• describe the treatment of xerophthalmia
• describe the preventive measure of
xerophthalmia
• enlist the complication of hypervitaminosis-A

29. 4. Purpose/ relevance of learning: (6 minutes)
Students will able to link this knowledge in
clinical case detection either in hospital or
in field based training
5. Pre-requisite of learning: (10 minutes)
Structure of eye ball, Lacrimation process,

30. 6. List of contents and its organization: (25 minutes)
• Definition of xerophthalmia (2 minutes)
It is a medical condition in which the eye fails to
produce tears.
• Occular manifestation of vitamin-A deficiency
(10 minutes)
• Extra occular manifestation (3 minutes)
• Treatment of xerophthalmia (5 minutes)
• Prevention of vitamin-A deficiency (3 minutes)
• Toxicity due to excess intake of vitamin-A (2
minutes)

31. 7. Methods of Instruction: Lecture class
8. Teaching materials (audio-visual aids) to be used:
• Power Point Presentation with relevant picture
• Poster
• White board
9. Concurrent evaluation or Feedback from students:
(10 minutes)
• Random questions to the students
10. Review or summary: (5 minutes)
• Summary or review according to objectives
11. Reference: Park’s text book, Websites

32. Summary
For documentation and effectively conduct
the session, lesson plan is mandatory
It should be practiced by all the teachers at
every medical college for making the lesson
easier and uniform
An effective lesson plan will contain all of its
contents

33. THANK YOU
Teaching is an art, every teacher
is an artist and lesson plan is the
blue print for this creative work