BACKGROUND: Group discussions are at the center of medical education, as the students learn more efficiently by SGT’s. George Brown (1988) describes small group teaching as “getting students to talk and think” in recent years’ major revolutionary change has occurred in medical education, both in curriculum development and learning strategies, small group teaching is one among them. A typical small group includes 8-12 learners and a facilitator. The students are given definitive objectives, which they achieve working as a team. The role of facilitator is to monitor that learning outcomes are attained in prescribed time. AIM: To assess the effectiveness of small group teaching on medical undergraduate students. METHODOLOGY: MBBS students and faculty were asked to respond to structured questionnaire based on 3-point LIKERT scale regarding small group teaching. RESULTS: A total of 214 MBBS students and 18 faculty members responded to questionnaire. Analysis showed that, most of the students felt it student friendly (90%) and about 95% students were comfortable with this teaching strategy, with (81%) students feeling small group teaching as better learning method, promotes critical thinking in (89%), (84%) are motivated, retaining of knowledge in (84%). The faculty also preferred small group teaching over large group teaching (88%), it being helpful for their professional development (80%), promoting student centered learning (70%). However, they had concerns regarding the resources available (40%) and standardization in delivery of goals and objectives (74%).CONCLUSION: Overall small group teaching for medical students has wide acceptability among students and faculty as it promotes effective learning, acquire good communication skills and integrated approach towards effective medical education.