Digital learning in medical education: comparing experiences of Malaysian and Japanese students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical education has undergone a transformation from conventional to digital learning, enabling learning without any time and place restrictions. Nevertheless, the actual trends of usage and its impact on learning motivation among medical students between developed and developing nations are yet to be investigated. Hence, this study compares the effect of digital learning on learning motivation among Malaysian and Japanese medical students in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Shiga University of Medical Science (SUMS) respectively.

Methods

A modified Students Motivation towards Science Learning (SMTSL) was used to assess the digital learning usage and learning motivation among 150 UKM and 147 SUMS medical students throughout Year 1 to 5.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Jun Xin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8331216 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature