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UZCATEGUI, Zobeida; ZAHLOUT M, Alejandro  e  PEREZ-GONZALEZ, Juan F.. Student´s perception of an undergraduate course in Microbiology. Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2006, vol.26, n.2, pp.70-79. ISSN 1315-2556.

Microbiology can be an abstruse subject for medical students. We explored the opinion of our students after their 36 week traditional Microbiology course of lectures and laboratory sessions in the 2nd year. 187 students completed a 25 item survey of their experience in the 1999 - 2000 course. 71% of respondents attended 50% or less of the lectures. Teachers were considered competent (79%), accessible (69%), interested (66%) and stimulating (41%). The students defined their learning experience by grading items on a 5 point Likert scale (1=Not at all, 5=Very much), as significant (mean score = 4.15/5), creating a "feeling of discovery" (4.08/5), leading to new questions (3.88/5), pleasurable (3.7/5) and stimulating (3.63/5). 89% of respondents indicated to have learnt >50% of the course’s contents. This study provides information and points out the aspects to reinforce in order to improve future Instructional designs in Clinical Microbiology.

Palavras-chave : Students’ perceptions; traditional undergraduate course in Microbiology; assessment of teaching-learning; medical education.