The subject of Forensic Medicine is a clinical subject as per the new curriculum based medical education which requires a variety of teaching and learning modalities, similar to other subjects. There is a need for innovative teaching which involves student interaction and participation. A small group discussion (SGD’s) is one such method proven beneficial. A randomized crossover comparative study was conducted on II phase MBBS students in Forensic medicine who were exposed to both small group teaching and didactic lectures by dividing into 2 equal groups and then doing a crossover in two sessions. Evaluation was done by pre-test, post-test and feedback questionnaire of students with likert scale. Though there was no statistically significant difference between the marks obtained after Small Group discussion or didactic lectures, the perception analysis showed that majority of the students found SGD’s better than didactic lectures in terms of learning, involvement, clearing doubts, increasing self confidence etc. SGD’s can be used as an additional form of teaching in Forensic Medicine which help in increasing students’ involvement, encourage self directed learning and help in making the teaching learning process more focused. However we need to have more faculties to fulfill this and sensitization of students is also required for this.

Key words: Small group teaching; Didactic lecture; CBME.