Teaching Medical Microbiology With a Web-Based Course During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Before-and-After Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed unprecedented hurdles on health care systems and medical faculties alike. Lecturers of practical courses at medical schools have been confronted with the challenge of transferring knowledge remotely.

Objective

We sought to evaluate the effects of a web-based medical microbiology course on learning outcomes and student perceptions.

Methods

During the summer term of 2020, medical students at Saarland University, Germany, participated in a web-based medical microbiology course. Teaching content comprised clinical scenarios, theoretical knowledge, and instructive videos on microbiological techniques. Test performance, failure rate, and student evaluations, which included open-response items, for the web-based course were compar

SUBMITTER: Papan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10012015 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature