Teaching Strategies: How A Modular Integrated System Can Become A Real Success in Medical Schools?

In modular teaching, spirals involve both the horizontal and vertical integration by uniting them across time and across disciplines Brauer and Ferguson [1]; Bandiera et al. [2] described it, in terms of curriculum, involving learning of basic and clinical sciences across both time and subject matter. Such modular teachings expose the students for professional thinking right from the beginning of their academics. While in conventional teaching, the student remains professionally away from clinical aspects during first two years of schooling. Although, there is no doubt about the validity and reliability of modular teaching but, this teaching system is yet not equivocally advocated for the best outcomes in different institutions. The critics are more vocal for a sound basic knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry in the first two years instead of amalgamation with the Pharmacology, Pathology and Community Medicine or pure clinical ones. The bases for this un-equivocality to advocate modular integrated teaching is actually based on some odds in the planning & execution of this system. These are: