Comparing the impact of three pedagogy exercises for popularizing positive deviance concept among medical students in Bareilly: A quasi-experimental study using normal curve approach
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Background: There is usually an apprehension fear among medical student and doctors about use of statistics in their academic study. Objective: This study aim to compare the impact of three teaching methods to popularize the concept of positive deviance (PD) through Normal curve theory among medical student. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted over two months. 149 first-year MBBS students were divided into three groups, receiving different interventions. Kruskal-Wallis H test and Paired t test applied to see the statistical significance of intervention. Results: A Total 149 students during post-intervention assessments showed significant improvements (p < 0.001) in knowledge scores across all groups, with the Positive deviance (PD) approach demonstrating the most gains (Cohen's d=12.671). Conclusions: This study conclude that the implementation of the normal curve along with PD as a conceptual framework proven to be a significant technique which highlights the effectiveness of using Normal curve and PD concepts to make statistics easy for medical students.
Authors: Ravi Kumar, Shubham Pareek
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics and Probability
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404863832