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Background: The purpose of the study was to highlight the alarming condition with respect to the declining standards of Indian Medical Graduates day by day. Integrated teaching can be taken as a tool to address this problem. Methods: A small group of students and subjected them to integrated teaching of the topic "Liver diseases in Internal Medicine". Integration of theory and practical on the same day was our initiative to test the retention capacity of the students in internal Medicine. A common questionnaire was used as pre & post training test for control groups as well. Result: The group which was subjected to integrated teaching was proved to be far superior than all control groups. Conclusion: It can be concluded that excellent student-participation and interest, integration of Theory and Practical classes in Internal Medicine became easy, new and innovative way of integrated teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]