Facilitatory Effect of Extending the Course Duration on Dissemination of Educational Content.

ABSTRACT: The physiological practice course at Saitama Medical University provides students with the opportunity to learn physiological principles through wet labs and discussions. To develop a more effective method for maximizing learning outcomes, we extended the course's schedule from one day (1d) to two days (2d) per theme, evaluated self-administered questionnaires between two different years (pre and post-change), and examined whether the increased course length affected learning outcomes. Within the 2018 curriculum year, every theme of the course was completed in a day, including experiments in the wet lab and discussions. In 2019, each theme was assessed for two days. The second-year undergraduate medical students anonymously submitted the self-assessment questionnaire that addressed several

SUBMITTER: Satoh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9270530 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature