Publication:

Opinion, perception and attitude towards family adoption program among MBBS students: a cross-sectional study

Background The family adoption program (FAP) is an innovative and significant aspect of latest the competency based medical education (CBME) proposed by the National Medical Commission of India. FAP comes with both challenges and opportunities. Assigning families to each student and maintaining their follow-up throughout the undergraduate years is a difficult task. It is important to gather feedback during the early stages of implementation. While clinical medicine focuses on individual patient, community medicine recognizes that many other factors also contribute to the development of health condition. The FAP aims to develop strong communication skills, which are back bone for the profession.

Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among MBBS students from Phase I-IV from March 2025- May 2025 to assess the opinion, Perception and attitude towards FAP. Participants were individually approached, informed consent was obtained and they were requested to complete a structured Google-based questionnaire.

Results Among 454 participants, the mean age of participants was 18-20 years. 75.6% of students considered FAP to be an innovative method of learning and this finding was statistically significant (p=0.006) (p <0.05). majority 215 (47.4%) students were primarily motivated by helping families in need and building a stronger community (208; 45.8%).

Conclusions Although most findings were not statistically significant, the overall trend indicates that FAP is an effective and innovative teaching-learning method. Thus, FAP serves as a valuable bridge between theoretical knowledge and real-world community exposure and should be continued and optimized in medical education. Moreover, this study can be done in qualitative study among smaller samples for the clear understanding and perception of student’s view on FAP.