Table 3.

Students’ perceptions of the influence of the New Innovative medical Curriculum (NIMC) components on their SDL skills, Aksum University, School of medicine, 2019

Class year of students	Curriculum components
	PBL tutorial discussion	Content tested	Module objectives	Lectures	Tutors	Reliance on suggested references
Year-1 Mean (SD)	3.5 (1.13)	1.95 (0.52)	2.9 (1.03)	1.9 (0.6)	3.7 (1.04)	1.78 (0.6)
Year-2 Mean (SD)	4.2 (0.77)	2.1 (0.74)	3.8 (0.8)	2.0 (0.8)	4.1 (0.9)	3.2 (0.9)

NB: Ratings were from 1 (minimum) to 5 (maximum)