Use of digital teaching resources and predictors of medical student performance during the pandemic: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus pandemic has led to increased use of digital teaching formats in medical education. A number of studies have assessed student satisfaction with these resources. However, there is a lack of studies investigating changes in student performance following the switch from contact to virtual teaching. Specifically, there are no studies linking student use of digital resources to learning outcome and examining predictors of failure.

Methods

Student performance before (winter term 2019/20: contact teaching) and during (summer term 2020: no contact teaching) the pandemic was compared prospectively in a cohort of 162 medical students enrolled in the clinical phase of a five-year undergraduate curriculum. Use of and performance in various digital resources (c

SUBMITTER: Seer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9094546 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature