Aim: To make neccessary changes in teaching methodologies and improve standards of students performances. Material & Methods: A feed back was taken from 135 1st year MBBS students, 2011 batch,Gandhi Medical College, Musheerabad, through questionnaire forms given to each of them after observing their 10 months academic performance in 1st year MBBS. Results: Non powerpoint presentation (chalk & board, OHP) was preferred by 53.4% (72) of students & powerpoint presentation was preferred by 46.6%(63)of Students. However,drawbacks of powerpoint preferred students are lower retention and not higher ability of students in modern evaluation techniques compared to old ones. The advantage of powerpoint was found to be in the preference for Interactive mode of teaching which is highly significant statistically Yates chi Square = 17.23 (p< 0.001). Conclusion: Higher retention is seen in non powerpoint (chalk & board, OHP) preferred students and the difference is significant. Interactice mode of teaching was liked by significantly higher proportion of students preferring powerpoint compared to noninteractive mode.

Keywords: Teaching methodology; Feedback; Chalk and Board; Powerpoint; Interactive.