Realising possible unmet needs of final year
medical students we initiated a weekly informal face-toface
discussion forum between them and the teaching
faculty of the department of medicine. Various academic
and non-academic topics, as dictated by the students,
were discussed in 19 weekly sessions. Evaluation by the
students was subsequently done by means of an on-line
questionnaire after the final examinations. The aim of
this study was to evaluate this forum, undertaken for the
first time in our institution, by assessing student feedback. We conclude that although the number of attendees and responders were small, feedback was generally positive. This type of forum can be improved upon and serve as another portal for benefitting students.