Perception of students towards anatomy internal assessment in competency based undergraduate curriculum

Introduction: Many changes have taken place in the field of education to improve the standards of professional course A new competency based UG curriculum developed from2020 in response to improve knowledge & skills in medical students Assessment is the essentialkey to judge the students knowledge Students feedback about new curriculum is a useful tool to identify strength and weakness of the new curriculum Objective: To assess the perception of under graduate medical students towards assessment in anatomy in competency based curriculum To identify challenges and obstacles faced during competency based curriculum Materials & MethodS: 135 first year undergraduate Medical students studying in A C S medical college were selected for the study A questionnaire that includes questions relating to new curriculum, teaching methodology and assessment techniques were prepared and circulated among the students using google form Results: Most of the students felt that the Assessment should be conducted once in a month Students favoured examination pattern was clinical based & multiple choice questions Majority of the students felt that internal assessment should be the criteria for allowing students to appear for theUniversity examinations Students feedback was affirmative for histology discussion Many of the students agreed that they had enough time to prepare for the Internal Assessment in covid-19 lock down period Conclusion: The study concluded that the students were favoured towards Anatomy Internal Assessment in competency based UG curriculum