the effectiveness of combined approach on teaching medical parasitological course

the aim of this study was to compare three approaches of medical parasitological course. this cross sectional study carried out in 94 medical and pharmacy students. lecturer based learning, problem based learning, and combined approaches were used for teaching the parasitological course. kappa and spss16 were used to analysis. 82.9% of students were interested in lecturer based learning, 64.9% problem based learning and 91.5% combined approach. 96.8% of the students preferred that the final examination to be taken as multiple choice and 62.8% case history. 97.9% of them indicated that lecturer’s behavior affects on learning outcome and 67% did not believe impact of paper on teaching and learning of parasitological course. students were interested in using log book in practical laboratory (p<0.005). combined approach should be initiated and directed toward harmonization of the curriculum for enhancing of learning.