Publication:

Use of the Kahoot! application for undergraduate medical students in community medicine

Background Nowadays, majority of the students all over the world are digital natives. Due to the advancement in internet and online technology, a various web-based games have been developed. One of the popular web-based learning tools is Kahoot! The aim of this paper was to explore the experience of using Kahoot! app as a tool for conducting quiz for undergraduate medical students.

Methods The topic of contraceptive ppt was distributed to the third year MBBS medical students 2 days prior to the revision class. A 70-item e-quiz on this topic using Kahoot! app was conducted on a sample of 150 third year MBBS medical students in 2023. At the end of e-quiz, we got feedback through Google forms-created questionnaire.

Results Out of 150 students, 66.6% (n=100) reviewed the pre-class PowerPoint, and 99.3% (n=149) provided positive feedback highlighting themes like organization, interest, fun, interaction, motivation, and knowledge reinforcement. Moreover, 98.6% (n=148) supported other faculty adopting this approach by sharing materials beforehand and using Kahoot! quizzes for a more student-driven and interactive learning experience.

Conclusions As a part of teaching, Kahoot! app has made learning easier, more enjoyable, encourage the students to study and strengthens the student-centred learning. It is suggested that such study methods should be utilized more in teaching and can be incorporated in academic curriculum as well.