FE-learning and the virtual transformation of histopathology teaching during COVID-19: its impact on student learning experience and outcome

BMC Medical Education

James Devin¹  Vinod Gopalan¹  Alfred King-Yin Lam¹  Samantha Waugh¹ 

[1] School of Medicine & Dentistry, Griffith University;

关键词: COVID-19;    Pathology;    Histopathology;    Education;    Medical;    Online learning;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-021-03066-z

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background Medical and pathology education has gone through an immense transformation from traditional face-to-face teaching mode to virtual mode during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study evaluated the effectiveness of online histopathology teaching in medical education during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Griffith University, Australia. Methods Second-year medical students (n = 150) who had previously completed one year of face-to-face histopathology teaching, completed an online questionnaire rating their learning experiences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic after the completion of their histology and pathology practical sessions. The students' histopathology assessment results were then compared to the histopathology results of a prior second-year cohort to determine if the switch to online histopathology teaching had an impact on students' learning outcome. Results A thematic analysis of the qualitative comments strongly indicated that online histopathology teaching was instrumental, more comfortable to engage in and better structured compared to face-to-face teaching. Compared to the previous year's practical assessment, individual performance was not significantly different (p = 0.30) and compared to the prior cohort completing the same curriculum the mean overall mark was significantly improved from 65.36% ± 13.12% to 75.83% ± 14.84% (p < 0.05) during the COVID-19 impacted online teaching period. Conclusions The transformation of teaching methods during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic improved student engagement without any adverse effects on student learning outcomes in histology and pathology education.

【 授权许可】

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