Blended Learning Compared With Face-to-Face Learning Among Family Medicine Residents: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The medical education of French family medicine residents involves active, socioconstructivist-inspired small-group courses useful for skill acquisition. This is challenged by the increasing gap between the growing number of residents and the limited number of teachers. Blended courses have the potential to address this issue by reducing the duration of face-to-face sessions while preserving small-group courses.

Objective

This study aimed to compare the effects of blended vs traditional, face-to-face, active, socioconstructivist learning on the acquisition of knowledge and skills by family medicine residents.

Methods

We conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare a blended course and a traditional course. The blended course involved 2.5 hours of asyn

SUBMITTER: Meunier PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12871943 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature