نبذة مختصرة : Background: The medical education programme apart from imparting knowledge has prepare the medical graduate to appraise oneself with the evolving new evidences for appropriate care of the patient considering the health care needs of the patient population, focusing on assessing the performance (outcomes), learner's continuous quality improvement and making it learner driven. The universities across the world are developing and implementing orientation programmes to further strengthen medical education. Objective: To evaluate the student's perception towards the contents of the foundation course as well as its relevance in their day to day academic activities. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among all the students of our institute. The feedback data for the foundation course was collected from the first years after six months along with the students across the years in medical school, as they had undergone only one day orientation programme. Results: About 457 students participated in the study of which 94 belonged to the first MBBS. About 90% of the students agreed with concept of the foundation course and about 85% of senior students felt the need for the same.
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