Journal of Education Technology in Health Sciences 2020;7(3):96–100 Content available at: https://www.ipinnovative.com/open-access-journals Journal of Education Technology in Health Sciences Journal homepage: http://www.jeths.net/ Original Research Article Perception analysis of first year MBBS students after attending the first one-month Foundation Course in a North Indian medical college Seema Jain 1 , Niket Verma 2, * 1 Dept. of Community Medicine and MEU Co-ordinator, Lata Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India 2 Dept. of General Medicine and MEU Member, Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, India ARTICLE INFO Article history: Received 11-01-2021 Accepted 27-01-2021 Available online 09-02-2021 Keywords: Education Medical Undergraduate Feedback Curriculum Learning ABSTRACT Introduction: The Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) Curriculum for undergraduate medical education was introduced in India from the 2019 academic session onwards. A new element of the curriculum is the one-month Foundation Course. Aim: To collect and analyse feedback from first year MBBS students regarding their experience with the one-month Foundation Course. Methodology: This study was conducted at LLRM Medical College, Meerut. The Foundation Course timetable was designed as per the guidelines given by the Medical Council of India (MCI). The sessions were attended by newly joined first year MBBS students of 2019 batch. A feedback form designed on Google Forms was used to obtain feedback from the students at the conclusion of the Foundation Course. Results: Out of the total 100 students, 66 responded to the feedback form. Respondents were overall satisfied with the sessions covered under the 6 sections. A majority of 24 respondents were of the opinion that the Field Visit sessions were the best conducted sessions. When asked for suggestions for further improvements in future foundation courses the two major themes generated were ‘Good experience’ and ‘More topics/sessions to be included’. Conclusion: The strength of the first foundation course conducted in this institution lies in its meticulous planning and implementation as well as the enthusiastic participation and positive reception by students. The feedback received from the students will be helpful in further refinement of the course for future implementation. © This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 1. Introduction The Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) Curriculum for undergraduate medical education was introduced in India from the 2019 academic session onwards. 1 The CBME curriculum has introduced many new and innovative teaching-learning elements including the one-month Foundation Course which is to be conducted in the month of August when the new batch of first year students join medical college. 2 * Corresponding author. E-mail address: drniketverma@gmail.com (N. Verma). A total of 175 hours have been allotted to the one-month Foundation Course and these hours are divided between – 1. Orientation – 30 hours 2. Skills Module – 35 hours 3. Field Visits to the Community Health Centre – 8 hours 4. Introduction to Professional Development & AETCOM module – 40 hours 5. Language and Computer Skills – 40 hours 6. Sports and extracurricular activities – 22 hours Like all medical colleges across the country, the first Foundation Course was conducted in the institution in August 2019 and it was a learning experience for the https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jeths.2020.023 2454-4396/© 2020 Innovative Publication, All rights reserved. 96