Our experience of teaching value education to medical students in rural medical college

Introduction: There is need for education in values due to fast erosion of values in our country and the state of growing up of youth in the age of instant gratification, shortcuts, insecurities, fear based survival and existence. Methodology: In Datta Meghe Institute of Medical sciences (Deemed University), value education classes for 1st year MBBS, 1st year BDS, 1st year Nursing and 1st year Ayurvedic students are conducted. This course is designated as “Inculcation Course”. Lectures are taken by trained Value Education Cell (VEC) members of respective colleges, supervised by either convenor or co-convenor of VEC. These lectures are delivered through powerpoint presentations. Each lecture is of 1 hour and a total of 10 hours of lecture are taken. Pretest questionairres are administered to the students at the starting of classes and post test questionairres are administered to the students at the end of classes. The classes were taken under 4 heads namely-Values for adoption in Family life, Values for professional life, Value adoption for self development and Values for better living. Results: Learners Effectiveness Score (LES) was utilized to find out the Impact Factor. The study showed an average impact factor of 60 % in all the colleges. Conclusion: The initiatives taken by the Value Education Cell members will reach its goal with the creation of at least semi ideal doctors, dentist & nurses.