Foundation Course – A study on students’ perspective about the importance and applicability of the skills taught

Abstract

Background& Method: The aim of this study is to study the Student’s perspective of the
importance and applicability of skills taught during the foundation course. Students were
invited to participate in the study using a structured questionnaire designed on Google form
on the perceived skills &level of confidence in application of skills taught in the foundation
course.
Result: The chi-square statistic is 165.0581. The p-value is < 0.00001. The result is
significant at p < .05. The chi-square statistic is 1.0133. The p-value is .047689. The result is
significant at p < .05.
Conclusion:Long duration of course & didactic lectures were cited as unpleasant experience
by most students. In our study male students&students with English as medium of education
were significantly more confident in applying skills acquired during foundation course. Some
of the skills like computers not perceived as that relevant. Hence, further research in different
settings, modifications&innovations are desired to make the foundation course more specific
to the needs of the students & helpful.