Introduction:Student satisfaction, academic performance, and learning effectiveness have all been related to the educational environmental perceptions in medical institutes. Students' opinions of their educational environment might help medical schools discover impediments and opportunities to improve student learning. Objective:To evaluate student perception related to current traditional and integrated learning methodologies in the Gomal Medical College Dera Ismail Khan. Methods: The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was provided to students of Gomal Medical College Dera Ismail Khan after approval from the institute. One hundred and sixty-one students out of 190 returned the questionnaire. The data was analyzed with SPSS 27.0. All questions were evaluated on a 5-point Likert scale. Results:The mean age of the students was 21.34±1.73 years. There were 89 (55.34%) males and 72 (42.66%) female students. The mean DREEM score among the students was 116.15±3.73. The highest score among the students was 153 and the lowest score was 42.The scores were higher among males than females. Conclusion: The students were more positive and self-assured. Students had a more positive attitude toward teachers, the learning environment, and the atmosphere. However, they were lacking in social perceptionrequiring attention. KEYWORDS: Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure, educational environment, medical institutes, perception

Background and aim: Teaching is an important part of the medical curriculum. Different teaching methods include small group discussions, demonstrations, inquiry approaches, lectures, problem solving methods, and tutorials. Group discussions are at the core of medical education because they help students learn more effectively. As a result, the current study sought to analyze the efficacy of small group discussions in teaching biochemistry to undergraduate medical students. Place and Duration: Gomal Medical College MTI, Dera Ismail Khan and Department of Biochemistry of Amna Inayat Medical College Lahore for the duration from March 2022 to August 2022. Method: This study included 50 undergraduate medical students of first year registered in international medical program. Prior to study conduction, ethical approval and informed written consent was taken. Student’s perception regarding small group discussion sessions were elicited based on unknown questionnaires provided to them. Likert scale was used to show their level of agreement with the questionnaire's claims. Results: Of the 50 undergraduate medical students, 28 (56%) were male and 22 (44%) were females students. About 64.6% (n=32) students believed that their grasp over the study material improved with small group discussion and 52.4% (n=26) agreed to the facilitation of active learning in small group discussion. Communication skills and clinical reasoning improved by small group discussion were claimed by 36% (n=18) medical students. Majority of undergraduate medical students 68% (n=34) strongly agreed to the claims that small group discussion helped them to correlate medical problems with biochemical concepts. Conclusion: The present study concluded that small group discussion in combination with lectures appears to provide the best instruction for the learner or medical students. Mostly students emphasized on importance of small group discussion in terms of topic better comprehension, promoting knowledge, correlation of biochemical ideas with medical issues, and interest. Similarly, they discussed the need of developing effective communication skills, as well as leadership and teamwork abilities. Keywords: Medical students, Undergraduate, Small group discussion, Biochemistry, Effectiveness

Background and aim: In recent decades, formal medical education has evolved considerably, especially since computers and the Internet were introduced. A major part of the medical curriculum in most industrialized nations is the study of information technology (IT). During formal classroom teaching at the undergraduate level, the present study examined the methods of teaching, the extent of using computers, and the use of Internet by teachers. Methods: A questionnaire based study was carried out on 126 medical teachers in medical colleges of Pakistan from October 2021 March 2022. Assisting professors, associate professors, and professors are the faculty members involved in the study. Study participants did not include tutors, demonstrators, or residents. Prior to study conduction, ethical approval was taken. Additionally, the questionnaire asked questions regarding the use of computers and the internet in teaching, in addition to the basic information, such as gender, age, designation and department. We pretested it with a randomly selected group of teachers and based on their feedback, we made some minor modifications and deleted some questions. Results: Of the total teachers participating, there were 90 (71.4%) male and 36 (28.6%) females. Participants were distributed based on their age as follows: 78 (61.9%) <35 years, 13 (8.1%) 36-50 years, and 35 (27.8%) >50 years. The incidence of traditional teaching, computerized projections, teaching through slides, and combination of traditional methods with slides were 19 (15.1%), 107 (84.9%), 68 (54%), and 32 (25.4%) respectively. Based on pattern of internet usage for teaching, the occurrence of collection of teaching materials without internet, collection of teaching materials using internet, access from desktop, and access from smartphones were 28 (22.2%), 88 (69.8%), 66 (52.4%), and 16 (12.7%) respectively. A significant statistical correlation exists between computer and Internet use among teachers of younger ages, with more frequent usage among teachers of younger ages. Conclusion: The present study concluded that Medical education has become increasingly computer-based and Internet-based. Furthermore, its use is more common among younger professors. However, the most noteworthy conclusion was that the majority students still choose chalkboard lecturing for better knowledge of the material. Keywords: Medical education, Computer, Internet