UNDERGRADUATE BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES STUDENTS,

The main purpose of teaching is to bring about change in the learners’ behaviour. This change is the major responsibility of the teachers. The aim of this study is to assess effective teaching methods as perceived by undergraduate Basic Medical Sciences students, University of Benin, Benin City as there is a scarcity of information on the perception on effective teaching methods
and their choice of teaching methods for effective learning. The study employed a descriptive survey research design and used multistage sampling technique to select 387 participants in Basic Medical Sciences Students, University of Benin, Benin City. A well-structured questionnaire was used as instruments of data collection Descriptive and inferential statistics was used for data analysis with p<0.05 level of significance. The result from the study shows that students perceived that all clinical teaching skills and behaviours are important with demonstration overwhelmingly favoured with 99.9% of students agreeing that the method is
effective, and the teacher’s ability and preference are the most influential factors that affects the choice of teaching methods. Lecturers should utilize effective teaching strategies via continual improvement and updating of their teaching strategies.