Effectiveness of blended learning in pharmacy education: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Autor: Sandra Puthean, Muhammed Rashid, Gautam Satheesh, Girish Thunga, Sreedharan Nair, M K Unnikrishnan, Athira Balakrishnan
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
020205 medical informatics
Social Sciences
02 engineering and technology
Pharmacy
Cochrane Library
Computer Applications
Cohort Studies
Database and Informatics Methods
0302 clinical medicine
Learning and Memory
Mathematical and Statistical Techniques
Sociology
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Medicine
Psychology
030212 general & internal medicine
Database Searching
Computer Networks
Multidisciplinary
Statistics
Metaanalysis
Research Assessment
Systematic review
Research Design
Meta-analysis
Physical Sciences
Lectures
Cohort study
Research Article
medicine.medical_specialty
Computer and Information Sciences
Systematic Reviews
Science
MEDLINE
Subgroup analysis
Research and Analysis Methods
Education
03 medical and health sciences
Human Learning
Confidence Intervals
Humans
Learning
Statistical Methods
Computerized Simulations
Internet
business.industry
Cognitive Psychology
Biology and Life Sciences
Confidence interval
Strictly standardized mean difference
Physical therapy
Cognitive Science
business
Mathematics
Neuroscience
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0252461 (2021)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Background & objectiveThough blended learning (BL), is widely adopted in higher education, evaluating effectiveness of BL is difficult because the components of BL can be extremely heterogeneous. Purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of BL in improving knowledge and skill in pharmacy education.MethodsPubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus and the Cochrane Library were searched to identify published literature. The retrieved studies from databases were screened for its title and abstracts followed by the full-text in accordance with the pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Methodological quality was appraised by modified Ottawa scale. Random effect model used for statistical modelling.Key findingsA total of 26 studies were included for systematic review. Out of which 20 studies with 4525 participants for meta-analysis which employed traditional teaching in control group. Results showed a statistically significant positive effect size on knowledge (standardized mean difference [SMD]: 1.35, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.91 to 1.78, pConclusionBL is associated with better academic performance and achievement than didactic teaching in pharmacy education.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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