en آموزش پزشکی Medical Education پژوهشي اصیل Orginal Research <span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span calibri=""><b><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:black">Background & Objective:</span></span></b> <span new="" roman="" times="">Physiology is the knowledge of normal functions of the body. Although different teaching methods are used to teach the subject including didactic lectures, small group discussions, tutorials, etc., students&rsquo; perception of these methods is important. The study was designed to assess the perceptions of medical students about lectures and small group discussion (SGD) and to check the preference of high achievers about the two methods. </span></span></span></span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span calibri=""><b><span new="" roman="" times="">Materials & Methods:</span></b><span new="" roman="" times=""> A cross-sectional survey was conducted at a medical college from April till July 2022. After approval from the Institutional review board, students of first- and second-year Bachelor of Medicine, and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) participated with consent. Data was collected with a structured questionnaire and described as frequency and percentages. To check the association between categorical variables chi-square test was applied.</span></span><br> <span calibri=""><b><span new="" roman="" times="">Results:</span></b><span new="" roman="" times=""> A total number of 268 students participated including 148 females and 120 males. 65.3% of the students preferred SGDs over lectures. The Chi-square test revealed a significant association between high performance and SGDs regarding accountability in the session, communication skills, presentation skills, and analytical thinking as well as problem-solving (p-value < 0.05). Overall, 75% of the high achievers preferred SGDs while 25% were in favor of lectures. There was a significant association between the high achievers and SGDs (p < 0.001).</span></span><br> <span calibri=""><b><span new="" roman="" times="">Conclusion:</span></b><span new="" roman="" times=""> Medical students preferred SGDs over lectures as SGDs improved their communication, analytical and reasoning skills. SGDs are associated with high performance regarding communication skills, presentation skills, and analytical thinking as well as problem-solving.</span></span><br> &nbsp;</span></span></span></div> physiology, lectures, small group discussion 38 43 http://edujournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-12-1931-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Zaima Ali zaima.ali@hotmail.com 5300319475328460023587 5300319475328460023587 Yes Department of Physiology, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan Rameen Khan rameenattiq623@gmail.com 5300319475328460023588 5300319475328460023588 No Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan Saad Muhammad bin Gulshad saad.gulshad@gmail.com 5300319475328460023589 5300319475328460023589 No Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan Shozib Mushtaq shozibmushtaq@gmail.com 5300319475328460023590 5300319475328460023590 No Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan Shahana Waqas sana.waqas12499@gmail.com 5300319475328460023591 5300319475328460023591 No Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan Rimsha Farooq rimsha.farooq17@gmail.com 5300319475328460023592 5300319475328460023592 No Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan