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Introducción: El internado vertical en Medicina Intensiva y Emergencias forma parte de las nuevas estrategias del Ministerio de Salud Pública para la formación de profesionales en un menor tiempo, con el fin de vencer los múltiples retos que enfrenta la salud pública. Por esa razón, la educación médica superior cubana actual tiene, entre sus múltiples retos, el perfeccionamiento de los contenidos del trabajo metodológico en algunos de sus niveles y formas. Objetivo: Elaborar una alternativa metodológica basada en la semipresencialidad, para el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje del módulo Trauma del internado vertical de la especialidad de Medicina Intensiva y Emergencias. Métodos: Se realizó una investigación descriptiva, prospectiva y cuasiexperimental. El universo incluyó a 20 profesores relacionados de forma directa con el internado vertical. Se aplicó un post-test a los encuestados. Resultados: El diagnóstico sirvió de base para el diseño de la alternativa metodológica basada en la semipresencialidad, la cual es pertinente, oportuna y útil para elevar el nivel epistémico y el metodológico de buenas prácticas en la impartición eficaz del referido módulo en entornos virtuales de aprendizaje. Los resultados del post-test aplicado 30 días después de someter a consideración la alternativa metodológica, se informa en escalas de Likert, los cuales fueron óptimos. Conclusiones: La implementación de la alternativa metodológica basada en la semipresencialidad, para impartir los contenidos del módulo Trauma, es factible y necesaria.
Introduction: The vertical internship in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is part of the new strategies of the Ministry of Public Health for the training of professionals in a shorter time, in order to overcome the multiple challenges that public health faces. For this reason, current Cuban higher medical education has, among its many challenges, the improvement of the contents of methodological work in some of its levels and forms. Objective: To develop a methodological alternative based on blended attendance, for the teaching-learning process of the Trauma module of the vertical internship in the specialty of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Methods: A descriptive, prospective, quasi-experimental research was carried out. The universe included 20 teachers directly related to the vertical internship. A post-test was applied to the respondents. Results: The diagnosis served as the basis for the design of the methodological alternative based on blended attendance, which is relevant, timely and useful to raise the epistemic and methodological level of good practices in the effective delivery of the aforementioned module in virtual learning environments. The result of the post-test applied 30 days after submitting the methodological alternative for consideration are reported on Likert scales, which were optimal. Conclusions: The implementation of the methodological alternative based on blended attendance to teach the contents of the Trauma module, is feasible and necessary.
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Las restricciones por la pandemia del COVID-19 supusieron la transición abrupta a una enseñanza online tanto del contenido teórico como práctico y de la evaluación final de las asignaturas que imparte el departamento en varias titulaciones. En previsión de que el siguiente curso académico 2020-21 se vería totalmente afectado, se desarrollaron una serie de materiales didácticos propios, como la elaboración de guiones de teoría y práctica que incorporaron imágenes de modelos anatómicos, prosecciones, anatomía radiológica y anatomía ecográfica. La percepción de esta innovación fue evaluada por los estudiantes a través de una encuesta en línea y sus respuestas mediante una escala tipo Likert. Participaron 346 estudiantes de las titulaciones de Fisioterapia (n= 66), Medicina (n= 169), Podología (n= 44) y Terapia Ocupacional (n= 67). Las puntuaciones medias más altas correspondieron a los estudiantes de Podología y Terapia Ocupacional, ambas presentaron diferencias significativas con los otros tres subgrupos de alumnos (p<.0001). El puntaje promedio más bajo correspondió a los estudiantes de Medicina de segundo año académico que presentó significancia con los otros cuatro subgrupos de estudiantes (p<.0001). Se analizaron las carencias del sistema educativo en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid reveladas por la pandemia del Covid19. Esta crisis ha puesto de manifiesto la necesidad de que los educadores médicos en general y los anatomistas en particular estén capacitados en el uso de la tecnología disponible y en la creación de sus propios materiales didácticos multimedia.
SUMMARY: Restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic meant an abrupt transition to online teaching. This change affected teaching, practical sessions and assessments of the subjects taught by the department in various degrees. In anticipation that the following academic year 2020-21 would be totally affected, a series of didactic materials were therefor developed. These materials included the preparation of theory and practice scripts that incorporated images of anatomical models, pro-sections, radiological anatomy, and ultrasound anatomy. Perceptions by the students of these innovations were recorded through an online survey and their responses evaluated through a Likert-type scale. 346 students from Physiotherapy (n= 66), Medicine (n= 169), Podiatry (n= 44) and Occupational Therapy (n= 67) degrees participated. The highest average scores corresponded to the students of Podiatry and Occupational Therapy, both presented significant differences with the other three subgroups of students (p<.0001). The lowest average score corresponded to medical students in their second academic year, which presented significance with the other four subgroups of students (p<.0001). The shortcomings of the educational system of the Complutense University of Madrid that were highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed. This crisis underscored the need for medical educators in general, and anatomists in particular, to be trained in the use of available technology and to produce their own multimedia teaching materials.
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Humans , Students/psychology , Education, Distance/methods , COVID-19 , Anatomy/education , Perception , Spain , Cross-Sectional Studies , Surveys and Questionnaires , Educational MeasurementABSTRACT
Objectives: Web-based learning is becoming a newly accepted standard in education, more so with COVID-19 pandemic. To use technology to redesign learning experiences, a blend of synchronous and asynchronous approaches was used wherein the routine lectures through MS Teams (synchronous) were integrated with an online learning management system (LMS), ‘Moodle’ (modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment) based, four-quadrant approach (asynchronous). We aimed to determine the student’s engagement, performance and perception of the new online LMS. Materials and Methods: All 170 students of the 1st year MBBS of batch 2020 were enrolled in the course. A module was developed for teaching ‘Physiology of Vision’ with this blended approach. Along with routine online lectures through Microsoft Teams, supplementary materials in the form of multimedia presentations and additional links to useful websites were provided through online LMS. The online activity of students was recorded and assessments were done. A feedback form was filled out by students at the end of the course. Results: A significant positive correlation of examination scores with individual student’s activity logs and significantly better scores in top Moodle users along with significantly higher marks in Moodle-based modules than in other modules confirmed the value of Moodle in improving student performance. Overall feedback from students was clearly in favour of implementing Moodle as a complementary tool to traditional teaching. Conclusion: Moodle improved the quality of learning. It developed interest and motivation among students and has a positive impact on academic outcomes.
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Objectives@#We present in this article the design and evaluation of a blended learning approach for training community healthcare providers in performing newborn hearing screening (NHS).@*Methods@#We developed a blended learning course for training community healthcare providers on eHealth-enabled NHS, following Bloom’s revised taxonomy of educational objectives. The training involved three components: computer-based training (CBT), face-to-face (FTF) training, and on-site coaching. We used surveys and post-training interviews following Level 1 Kirkpatrick’s training evaluation model to get initial feedback on the training program. @*Results@#Thirty-one community healthcare providers from five rural health units and a private hearing screening center, with a mean age of 42.2 ± 12.0 years, participated in the pilot. 93.5% of the participants agreed that the program content met stated objectives and was relevant to their practice. The length of the course was perceived to be adequate. Overall satisfaction with the program was rated at 8.5 ± 0.9 (with ten as the highest). The majority expressed that the CBT and FTF course were satisfactory at 93.5% and 100%, respectively. All participants agreed that the course enhanced their knowledge of newborn hearing screening and telehealth. Positive reviews were received from participants on the use of CBT to improve theoretical knowledge before FTF training. Participants declared that FTF training and on-site coaching helped improved NHS skills and implementation. @*Conclusion@#Competent community healthcare providers are critical to strengthening the performance of the health system, and advances in the education and technology sectors offer promising potential in upskilling local healthcare providers. The increasing access of Filipino healthcare providers to improved information and communications technology (ICT) is a significant catalyst for pedagogical innovation, like the use of blended learning in the continuous professional development of health practitioners. As ICTs gradually penetrate the health sector, the challenge we now face is not whether but how we can use innovations in education strategies to benefit healthcare providers.
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Infant, Newborn , TelemedicineABSTRACT
Since 2016, Binzhou Medical University began to carry out the blended learning reform in the organ-systems based curriculum (OSBC) of the experimental class of clinical medicine. Based on the traditional face-to-face teaching method, the blended learning mode of the integrated course of endocrine system under OSBC has been carried out by using the small private online course (SPOC) of MOOC platform of China universities. Many teaching methods have been adopted and formed, including case-based learning (CBL), problem-based learning (PBL), professional bilingual teaching, scientific research teaching and virtual simulation experiment teaching. The evaluation system for the combination of formative and summary assessment has been also adopted in the whole process to assess the students' academic achievement, and the teaching effect as well. The blended learning mode of the integrated course of the endocrine system under OSBC is still in the exploratory stage. There are some limitations, such as too high requirements for teachers' quality, long preparation time for teaching, and great difficulty in supervising online learning. However, the practice of teaching reform that has been carried out shows that it is effective, feasible, and worth popularizing.
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Objective:To explore the application effect of blended learning in clinical practice of undergraduate students majoring in medical imaging diagnosis.Methods:A total of 60 undergraduate students majoring in medical imaging diagnosis who practiced in the Department of Radiology of Chongqing General Hospital from 2017 to 2019 were selected as subjects. The students were divided into experimental group and control group, each with 30 students. During the internship, the experimental group adopted the blended learning, including lecture-based learning, case-based learning, problem-based learning and team-based learning according to different teaching scenarios. While the control group adopted the traditional teaching mode. At the end of the internship, the test scores of the two groups of intern students were compared, and the satisfaction degree of the teaching was investigated by questionnaire. SPSS 19.0 was used to conduct t-test and Chi-square test. Results:The score of theoretical knowledge examination in the experimental group was (90.27±5.38) points, and that in the control group was (83.13±7.57) points. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant ( t=4.21, P<0.001). The score of imaging analysis examination in the experimental group was (90.07 ± 4.80) points, and that in the control group was (82.13±8.71) points. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant ( t=4.37, P<0.001). The results of the satisfaction survey showed that the overall satisfaction with teaching was 76.7% (23/30) in the experimental group and 50.0% (15/30) in the control group, with statistically significant difference ( χ2= 6.57, P=0.037). Conclusion:The blended learning has a good effect in the teaching of undergraduate students majoring in medical imaging diagnosis.
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Objective:To explore the application effect of online and offline blended learning combined with Jigsaw teaching in arterial blood specimen collection of undergraduate nursing interns.Methods:A total of 135 undergraduate nursing interns were randomly divided into the experimental group ( n=66) and the control group ( n=69). The experimental group used the blended learning combined with Jigsaw teaching, while the control group adopted the blended learning combined with PBL teaching. The theoretical examination before and after class, the skill assessment after training, the nursing clinical decision-making consciousness scale, and the teaching satisfaction survey were conducted in the two groups. SPSS 28.0 was used for t-test and Chi-square test. Results:After teaching, the total score of courses and the score of theoretical examination and skill assessment of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The total score and the multi-dimension scores of the nursing clinical decision-making consciousness scale in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The teaching satisfaction of the experimental group was 92.42% (61/66), which was significantly higher than that of the control group [69.57% (48/69)], and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). Conclusion:Blended learning combined with Jigsaw teaching is applied to collect arterial blood specimens for undergraduate nursing interns, which is beneficial to improve the academic performance and clinical decision-making ability of nursing students.
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In the online teaching of Biochemistry course, a variety of network resource platforms (such as Zhihuishu learning network, teleconference, WeChat, QQ, etc) were used to establish a learning community. The teaching content and teaching plan were carefully designed and implemented, enriching the knowledge system of the learning community. And then blending teaching was performed through the combination of live broadcasting and online interaction. In addition to teaching students the basic knowledge of biochemistry, it is also combined with clinical cases and life examples to interact and discuss with students in various forms, giving full play to the advantages of learning community and improving the quality and effect of online learning.
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@#Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has limited social activities in public spaces because transmission originates from physical contact. The impact of activity limitations affects the nursing profession’s practice learning system. The blended learning model is used to achieve the learning process. This study aimed to identify the effect of blended learning on knowledge of competency tests for nursing students at the mental health nursing station. Methods: The study used a quantitative study approach with a quasi-experiment design. The number of respondents based on the calculation of the total sampling amounted to 77 people. It used research data collection with the pre and post-test procedures, which arranged the questions based on the style of competency tests. The data analysis used a parametric Paired T-test. Results: The results showed an effect of blended learning on knowledge of competency test questions for nursing students at the mental health nursing station with a p-value < 0.05. There is an increase in the average knowledge of nursing students before and after the blended learning process. Conclusion: This study provides recommendations for approaches related to methods and evaluation in blended learning in each subject taught at the professional stage.
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The teaching of diabetes has always been the focus and difficulty of clinical internal science teaching. How to skillfully integrate theoretical knowledge into clinical practice and help students deeply master medical knowledge and clinical skills is a topic that clinical teaching teachers are considering. Under the background of analyzing the concept and connotation of deep blended learning, this paper constructed the diabetes "doctor-patient" friendly model teaching process in the perspective of deep blended learning from the three stages of "learning situation analysis and independent learning" in the early stage, "ability improvement and in-depth research" in the middle stage, and "reflection and ability expansion" in the later stage. This paper expounded the positive role of the "doctor-patient" friendly model of diabetes in clinical teaching from three main aspects: improving the integration effect of theory and practice, fully meeting students’ learning needs, and increasing the connection between doctors, patients, and students.
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Background: The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) has developed a comprehensive capacity development programme to support the successful implementation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response 3 rd edition Technical Guidelines (IDSR). As part of the learning program, a series of asynchronous online courses are offered on Open WHO in English, French and Portuguese. This paper describes the use of five IDSR online courses and reports on feedback received from learners on Course 1 in the English series. Methods: An online learner survey was developed, and a descriptive analysis was conducted. This paper also reports on use related empirical metadata from the Open WHO platform. Results: Overall, learners (97%-n/N) of Course 1 IDSR English series indicated a positive perception toward their online learning experience because of the quality of course content, its organization, ease of use and relevance to their workplace needs. In addition, 88% (n/N) of learners reported that they had used their acquired knowledge at least sometimes and 54.4% (n/N) had shared their learning with others. Lastly, the quiz analyses showed an average of right answers of 78.97% for quiz 1 and 69.94% for quiz 2. Conclusion: Online learning is an essential component of a blended capacity development programme and provides cost effective, equitable and impactful learning. Learners who have a learning goal and find their needs met in courses tend to show more satisfaction and motivation to share their learning.
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Background: The use of blended learning (BL) pedagogy has become inevitable due to contemporary technological innovations in the nursing education sector. As of late, the need to use BL pedagogy has resulted by the sudden occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, several nurse educators still experience uncertainties in using BL due to technological, psychological, infrastructure and equipment readiness barriers. Aim: To report the attitudes of nurse educators towards the use of BL pedagogy as a new norm of teaching and learning in public nursing education institutions (NEIs) in the Gauteng Province (GP), South Africa, during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic period. Setting: The study was conducted in five Gauteng public NEIs. Methods: A descriptive non-experimental quantitative design was conducted with 144 nurse educators. Data was collected through a questionnaire. Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) was used to analyse data with the help of a biostatistician. Results: Technologically, only 50% (N = 72) found BL easy to use while 48% (n = 69) were ready and willing to use the BL Psychologically, more than half, that is, 65% (n = 94) lacked the confidence to use BL pedagogy. About 55% (n = 79) reported having inadequate BL infrastructure, while 32% (n = 46) seemed to be satisfied with the availability of effective equipment to support BL pedagogy. Conclusion: Based on the results, it is apparent that nurse educators in Gauteng are not technologically and psychologically ready, since the infrastructure and equipment to support the BL are not adequately provided.
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Male , Female , Teaching , Surveys and Questionnaires , Health Educators , COVID-19 , Nurses , PandemicsABSTRACT
SUMMARY: The anatomy study is part of the basic cycle of disciplines that composes Veterinary Medicine college curriculum, and its comprehension is essential for other courses subject understanding. However, the current student's profile, the reduced time frame of superior education programs, and the multidisciplinary approach nowadays have made anatomy teaching method outdated and ineffective. Addressing the problem we developed an interactive and multidisciplinary platform based on the blended learning methodology, which could serve as a valuable tool for bovine neuroanatomy comprehension. To produce a new study tool, photos from bovine specimens fixed in formaldehyde, platinated brain pieces sectioned in a metameric order, as well as histological slides of the bovine central nervous system were used. These materials were applied to photos and schemes production, that were correlated with image exams correlation, as well as written content and videotaped classes. The obtained content was compiled into a digital platform, that can serve as an effective additional method to bovine central nervous system study. Furthermore, our results serve as a guide for the development of other blended learning methodologies in veterinary medicine and anatomy teaching. The platform provides a great tool for those who wish to accomplish a better understanding of bovine neuroanatomy and its clinical, surgical and image diagnosis correlations.
El estudio de la anatomía forma parte del ciclo básico de disciplinas que componen el currículo de la facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, y su comprensión es fundamental para el entendimiento de las materias de otros cursos. Sin embargo, el perfil del estudiante actual, la reducción de los tiempos de los programas de educación superior y el enfoque multidisciplinario actual han hecho que el método de enseñanza de la anatomía sea obsoleto e ineficaz. Abordando el problema desarrollamos una plataforma interactiva y multidisciplinar basada en la metodología blended learning, que podría servir como una valiosa herramienta para la comprensión de la neuroanatomía bovina. Para producir una nueva herramienta de estudio, se utilizaron fotografías de especímenes bovinos fijados en formaldehído, piezas de cerebro plastinadas y seccionadas en un orden metamérico, así como láminas histológicas del sistema nervioso central bovino. Estos materiales se utilizaron en la producción de fotos y esquemas, que se correlacionaron con exámenes de imágenes, así como contenido escrito y clases grabadas en video. El contenido obtenido se compiló en una plataforma digital, que puede servir como un método adicional y eficaz para el estudio del sistema nervioso central bovino. Además, nuestros resultados sirven como guía para el desarrollo de otras metodologías de aprendizaje semipresencial en la enseñanza de la medicina veterinaria y la anatomía. La plataforma proporciona una gran herramienta para aquellos que deseen lograr una mejor comprensión de la neuroanatomía bovina y sus correlaciones clínicas, quirúrgicas y de diagnóstico por imágenes.
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Animals , User-Computer Interface , Cattle/anatomy & histology , Central Nervous System/anatomy & histology , Neuroanatomy/education , Software , Education, Veterinary , Plastination , LearningABSTRACT
RESUMEN La pandemia del COVID-19 ha generado un vacío pedagógico en la educación dental, que por la naturaleza clínica, práctica y laboratorial de las asignaturas obligó a los docentes a incorporar recursos didácticos digitales novedosos en los que se simulan entornos de aprendizaje que ayudan a fomentar el desarrollo de habilidades y conocimientos en busca de la mejora continua. No obstante, los estudiantes se han visto también en la necesidad de recurrir a plataformas virtuales que le permitan una mayor adaptación a este complejo sistema híbrido de aprendizaje semipresencial. Los hallazgos de la presente revisión, es producto de un estudio exploratorio que tuvo como propósito identificar las principales Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación y organizarlas según herramientas de interpretación, modelado dinámico, comunicación, colaboración y organización. De esta manera proporcionamos a la comunidad académica una visión del impacto de ellas sobre el proceso de aprendizaje y autoaprendizaje, sus experiencias de uso y la percepción de los beneficios y limitaciones de estas nuevas tecnologías en un contexto actual en estudiantes de Odontología. En la primera parte abordamos el estado de arte sobre los componentes pedagógicos de las TIC, el papel que desempeñan en la educación superior, las características y los estándares que deben cumplir para que se constituyan en herramientas cognitivas aliadas de la educación formal, de manera que permitan la interacción y la gestión del conocimiento de los estudiantes. Seguidamente compartimos los resultados de una encuesta abierta de los estudiantes de pregrado de una Facultad de Odontología Peruana que se realizó como una fase preliminar diagnóstica que se constituyó el punto de partida para la validación de instrumentos de un trabajo de investigación sobre experiencias del uso de las TIC como herramientas digitales y cognitivas de enseñanza y aprendizaje en la educación dental en línea que cuenta con la autorización del Comité de Ética en Investigación de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos N° 0209; Las respuestas obtenidas muestran los recursos al servicio de su educación formal y científica relacionadas con habilidades propias de usuarios denominados "nativos digitales" motivándolos a ser los protagonistas de su aprendizaje y desarrollo de competencias para un adecuado desempeño profesional.
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a pedagogical vacuum in dental education, which, due to the clinical, practical and laboratory nature of the subjects, forced teachers to incorporate innovative digital teaching resources in which learning environments are simulated that help promote the development of skills and knowledge in search of continuous improvement. However, students have also seen the need to resort to virtual platforms that allow them to better adapt to this complex hybrid blended learning system. The findings of this review are the product of an exploratory study whose purpose was to identify the main Information and Communication Technologies and organize them according to interpretation tools, dynamic modeling; communication, collaboration and organization. In this way, we provide the academic community with a vision of their impact on the learning and self-learning process, their experiences of use and the perception of the benefits and limitations of these new technologies in a current context in Dentistry students. In the first part we address the state of the art on the pedagogical components of ICT, the role they play in higher education, the characteristics and standards they must meet to become cognitive tools allied to formal education, so that Allow the interaction and knowledge management of the students. Next, we share the results of an open survey of undergraduate students of a Peruvian School of Dentistry that was carried out as a preliminary diagnostic phase that became the starting point for the validation of instruments of a research work on experiences of the use of the ICT as digital and cognitive tools for teaching and learning in online dental education that has study code No. 0209 of the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; The responses obtained show the resources at the service of their formal and scientific skills related to users' own skills called "digital natives" motivating them to be the protagonists of their learning and development of skills for adequate professional performance.
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Introducción: El proceso de evaluación a distancia es una modalidad que ha sido utilizada en los últimos años. Sin embargo, la pandemia por COVID-19 ha ocasionado su rápida adaptación. El personal docente ha reportado las ventajas de este modo de evaluación; no obstante, la opinión de los estudiantes de odontología en torno a las ventajas y desventajas de esta modalidad no ha sido explorada. Objetivo: Explorar las ventajas y desventajas de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TIC), específicamente en el proceso de evaluación a distancia reportadas por estudiantes de odontología. Material y métodos: Se realizó un estudio transversal retrospectivo, en una muestra no aleatoria de 310 estudiantes de tercer año, distribuidos en cuatro generaciones, adscritos a la Facultad de Odontología de la FES Iztacala. Se administró un cuestionario estructurado para la medición de sus opiniones en torno a las evaluaciones a distancia. Se realizó un análisis descriptivo y bivariado. Resultados: De un total de los 382 estudiantes potencialmente elegibles, 310 aceptaron participar (96%). Conclusiones: La opinión mayoritaria fue la preferencia a los exámenes por Internet y mejor a distancia. Queda pendiente la duda: ¿cuál será el comportamiento cuando los estudios profesionales vuelvan a la normalidad después de la pandemia COVID-19? (AU)
Introduction: The process of distance assessment has been employed in the last years. However, COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated its adoption. Academic personnel have previously reported the benefits of this mode of assessments. Nevertheless, dentistry-students' opinions around the advantages and disadvantages of this mode of assessment has not been explored. Objective: Explore the advantages and disadvantages concerning the ICT skills specifically about the process of distance assessment of dental students. Material and methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in a non-randomized sample of 310 of third-year students distributed in four years attending to the School of Dentistry at FES Iztacala. A structured questionnaire was distributed to measure students' opinions around the advantages and disadvantages of distance assessments. A descriptive and bivariate analysis was conducted. Results: Questionnaires were returned by 310 students (96% response rate). Conclusion: Students' perceptions of their ICT skills has increased, matched by better equipment and greater appreciation of e-learning (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Students, Dental , Education, Distance , Educational Measurement , COVID-19 , Schools, Dental , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Cross-Sectional Studies , Surveys and Questionnaires , Information Technology , MexicoABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the role of blended learning in the undergraduate teaching of Clinical Biochemistry. Methods:The Batch 2017 medical laboratory technology undergraduates ( n=134) were selected as research objects, and the effect and opinions of blended learning were statistically analyzed by questionnaire survey and online-offline platform data. SPSS 23.0 was used to conduct rank sum test. Results:The application of blended learning in the Clinical Biochemistry teaching affected the learning effect in an all-round way. The average score increased from 70 (64, 76) to 79 (71, 85), with statistical difference ( Z=6.69, P<0.001). Conclusion:The combined application of blended learning, problem-based learning, flipped classroom and formative assessment is conducive to teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and cultivating students' clinical thinking ability.
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Objective:To explore the application effect of blended learning on the teaching of nursing research course for undergraduate nursing students.Methods:From March to July 2019, a total of 118 undergraduate nursing students from Batch 2016 of a university in Xinjiang were collected in this study and divided into two groups randomly: the experimental group ( n = 60) and the control group ( n = 58). At the end of the course, the final examination scores of the nursing students were compared, and questionnaires were used to evaluate the critical thinking, self-directed learning ability and satisfaction of nursing students. SPSS 21.0 was used for independent-sample t-test and chi-square test. Results:After the implementation of the course, the scores of nursing research theory and practice of nursing students in the experimental group were (78.97±6.57) points and (83.02±3.50) points respectively, which were better than those of nursing students in the control group (75.48±7.76) points and (81.48±3.86) points. The total scores of critical thinking ability and self-directed learning ability of nursing students in the experimental group (294.67±25.15) and self-directed learning ability (277.67±30.84) were higher than those in the control group (222.03±18.77) and (203.81±33.19). The satisfaction degree of nursing students in the experimental group (93.33%) was better than that in the control group (60.34%), with statistical significance ( P<0.05). Conclusion:The application of blended learning in nursing research teaching can improve the final examination results of nursing students, and contribute to the improvement of nursing students' critical thinking ability, self-directed learning ability and course satisfaction.
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There are many difficulties in digital medical teaching, including new course content, multiple key and difficult points, wide knowledge coverage, large knowledge structure span, high requirements for teachers, and few shared resources for online teaching during the epidemic. This research aims to give full play to the advantages of our team in the field of digital medicine, and promote the construction of network resources of this course and its extensive development in more universities through the exploratory and research on the course construction and teaching mode of the Digital Medicine MOOC (massive open online course). The questionnaire study found that the satisfaction score of the average satisfaction score of MOOC teaching in terms of students' pre-class preview, quick grasp of knowledge points in class and after-class review reached more than 90 points, and the score of improving students' learning initiative was (88.10±10.87) points. It can be seen that the use of MOOC teaching mode can significantly help students to preview before class, master knowledge points in class and review after class, and improve students' initiative in learning. The research suggests that the production of Digital Medicine MOOC should keep the consistency and individuality of all knowledge points under the framework of digital medical knowledge; teachers should focus on the explanation of basic knowledge points and deepen in further step integrated with frontiers of this field; it’s suggested to make a separate MOOC on frontier knowledge and application explanation, so as to cope with the outdated courseware content caused by the development and update of this subject.
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Objective:To explore application of blended learning mode in the teaching of the general theory of surgery.Methods:Clinical undergraduates from Batch 2015 and Batch 2016 of Medical College of Hunan University of Medicine were taken as participants. One teaching class of Batch 2015 was selected as control group ( n=117), and the traditional teaching method was adopted; one teaching class from Batch 2016 was selected as experimental group ( n=115), and the blended learning model was adopted. The results of two groups' process assessment and final assessment were compared. A questionnaire was conducted among the clinical undergraduates of Batch 2016 who practiced blended learning to evaluate their satisfaction with this learning mode. SPSS 22.0 was used for t test. Results:The experimental group was significantly better than the control group in process assessment and final assessment results [(93.65±3.71) vs. (91.46±5.63); (68.36±8.14) vs. (64.94±8.98)]. The analysis of the questionnaire survey showed that students had a high satisfaction with the blended learning mode, and their approval rate reached over 90%.Conclusion:In the teaching process of clinical course of general theory of surgery, blended learning mode is highly recognized by students, which can significantly improve students' independent learning ability and interest, simultaneously increase students' classroom participation and teacher-student interaction, and finally improve students' professional overall qualities and critical thinking.
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Objective:To discuss the application and effects of blended learning (B-Learning) mode in medical courses and education at home and abroad.Methods:Based on the identified keywords, the research retrieved 93 relevant literature from 2000 to 2017 in journal databases (e.g. Premier, Cinahl and Medline), and published journals. After two rounds of analysis, 19 domestic and foreign literature were obtained, which evaluated the application and teaching effects of the B-Learning mode in the context of medical education. Among them, there were control studies and qualitative studies.Results:There are differences in the implementation and implementation of the B-Learning model in various countries; the teaching intervention measures and the scope of intervention of the B-Learning teaching model are diverse; the B-Learning model can make up for the gap between the theoretical and practical courses in the medical education process. It helps medical students to master their knowledge and improve their clinical skills; it is necessary for teachers to carefully design teaching courses and teaching research before class to improve the teaching effect of B-Learning.Conclusion:Combining modern educational technology with traditional teaching methods can effectively improve the medical knowledge level and clinical practice skills of medical students.