Student academic performance in non-lecture physiology topics following the abrupt change from traditional on-site teaching to online teaching during COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Varachotisate P; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Siritaweechai N; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Kositanurit W; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Thanprasertsuk S; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Chayanupatkul M; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Thongsricome T; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Bumphenkiatikul T; Division of Academic Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Chuleerarux N; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Watanatada P; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Werawatganon D; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Somboonwong J; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Siriviriyakul P; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Sanguanrungsirikul S; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Bongsebandhu-Phubhakdi S; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Ratanasirisawad V; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Jaroenlapnopparat A; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Burana C; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Somsirivattana P; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Kulaputana O; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand., Kaikaew K; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Medical education online [Med Educ Online] 2023 Dec; Vol. 28 (1), pp. 2149292.
DOI: 10.1080/10872981.2022.2149292
Abstrakt: Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, pre-clerkship medical education, including all physiology classes, was obliged to change to online teaching due to limitations of on-site (face-to-face) classes. However, the effectiveness of online teaching in non-lecture physiology topics during the COVID-19 pandemic has not been thoroughly investigated.
Method: We conducted a prospective study to evaluate the students' academic achievement and opinions on online teaching during the COVID-19 academic year. Academic achievement of 312 students in the COVID-19 year was compared with that of 299 students in the pre-COVID-19 year. Student opinions regarding social interactions and the preferred learning method were also collected.
Results: We found that student academic achievement in the non-lecture physiology topics, assessed by summative scores, was 4.80±0.92 percent higher in the pre-COVID-19 year than in the COVID-19 year (P < 0.01, Cohen's d = 0.42). Students rated that online classes tended to reduce their interactions with peers and teachers; however, students preferred online learning over traditional on-site learning.
Conclusions: This study pointed out that students' academic performance related to the physiology topics taught by online non-lecture methods during the COVID-19 pandemic was lower than their performance when the topics were taught by the traditional (on-site) methods, although students reported that they preferred the online teaching. Hence, we suggest that medical teachers should deliberately plan and utilise a variety of tools and techniques when developing online non-lecture classes to preserve the interactivity of the classes, which might overcome this gap in students' academic performance.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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