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Background:

Family Medicine occupies a prominent place in the undergraduate curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The one month clinical attachment during the fourth year utilizes a variety of teaching methods. This study evaluates teaching learning methods and learning environment of this attachment.

Methodology:

A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out among consenting students over a period of six months on completion of the clinical attachment using a pretested self administered questionnaire.

Results:

Completed questionnaires were returned by 114 (99%) students. 90.2% were satisfied with the teaching methods in general while direct observation and feed back from teachers was the most popular (95.1%) followed by learning from patients (91.2%), debate (87.6%), seminar (87.5%) and small group discussions (71.9%). They were highly satisfied with the …