Namit Garg, Hirok Chakraborty, N. Kumari, A. Choudhary
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Introduction: A 1 month foundation course has been envisaged by the Board of Governors to orient the firstyear medical student to the new professional environment and help him/her to acquire some basic skills.Objectives: To assess student’s feedback on various modules of foundation course. To improve thesubsequent course.Methodology: A feedback questionnaire was provided to first year medical students before and after theone month foundation course for self assessment of their knowledge skills and confidence before and afterthe course.Result: 98.6% students participated in the study. There was significant improvement (p<0.05) in student’sperception of all the modules before and after the course.Conclusion: Encouraging feedback was obtained. Most of the students enjoyed group work, gainedknowledge and improved their skills and confidence.