It's what you do, not the way you do it - online versus face-to-face small group teaching in first year medical school.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major disruptions imposed on medical education by the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapid shift to online teaching in medical programs, necessitated need for evaluation of this format. In this study we directly compared knowledge outcomes, social outcomes, and wellbeing of first year student small group teaching in either face to face (f2f) or online format.

Methods

At the end of the first course of our medical program, students were invited to participate in an online questionnaire with 10 quantitative items and 1 qualitative item. These were analysed using Factor Analysis Pattern Matrix and linear regression to group items and assess relatedness. Qualitative responses were thematized using Qualtrics software (Qualtrics, Provo, UT, USA). Summative assessment results

SUBMITTER: Torda A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8546782 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature