The Viability of Blended Model in Undergraduate Medical Education in COVID-19 Pandemic
Fahad Sarfraz, Harrison Daka, Ayesha Zubair, Farrukh Sarfraz
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: With the new era of
life threatening variants of Covid-19 the medical and dental education has been
greatly compromised. Every school/college has to shift their educational setup
to Blended model. Blended model can also be called as hybrid approach of
learning or mixed mode of learning. It is an "insightful combination of
Face to Face and Online opportunities for growth”.
Objective: The aim of this study is to measure
the viability of Blended Model through series of assessments by measuring the
retention of the content after the teaching session in online and in face to
face settings in Knowledge acquisition and knowledge retention test.
Material
& Method
Methodology: This was a
Quantitative Experimental study which was conducted in the Fatima Memorial
college of Medicine and Dentistry Lahore. The participants were 66 of final
year BDS students who voluntarily participated in the research project.
Results: A total of 96 students participated in
the study and it was found a significant difference between the two
intervention groups regarding the mean scores of Knowledge acquisition and
knowledge retention test. The PowerPoint group showed lower grades in Knowledge
acquisition and knowledge retention test in comparison with Prezi group. The
learning performances was evaluated from immediate learning responses in
Knowledge acquisition and in long term learning retention in knowledge
retention test showed that both the presentation software can be used as a
presentation medium and students do learn from both but Prezi presentation
software students are superior in learning performances from immediate learning
to long term memory retention as compared to PowerPoint presentation software
in online and in face to face settings.
Conclusion: Blended model can help the medical
teachers to teach the theoretical aspects of the curriculum via online and make
easy schedules of student’s rotations for clinical clerkships. When it comes to
clinical training, there is no shortcut or better way than face to face teaching
strategy. Therefore blended learning is a viable method of teaching in this
period of Covid-19.
Keywords: Blended Model, Viability, Medical
Education, Multimedia presentation, Covid-19
ABSTRACT
Introduction: With the new era of
life threatening variants of Covid-19 the medical and dental education has been
greatly compromised. Every school/college has to shift their educational setup
to Blended model. Blended model can also be called as hybrid approach of
learning or mixed mode of learning. It is an "insightful combination of
Face to Face and Online opportunities for growth”.
Objective: The aim of this study is to measure
the viability of Blended Model through series of assessments by measuring the
retention of the content after the teaching session in online and in face to
face settings in Knowledge acquisition and knowledge retention test.
Material
& Method
Methodology: This was a
Quantitative Experimental study which was conducted in the Fatima Memorial
college of Medicine and Dentistry Lahore. The participants were 66 of final
year BDS students who voluntarily participated in the research project.
Results: A total of 96 students participated in
the study and it was found a significant difference between the two
intervention groups regarding the mean scores of Knowledge acquisition and
knowledge retention test. The PowerPoint group showed lower grades in Knowledge
acquisition and knowledge retention test in comparison with Prezi group. The
learning performances was evaluated from immediate learning responses in
Knowledge acquisition and in long term learning retention in knowledge
retention test showed that both the presentation software can be used as a
presentation medium and students do learn from both but Prezi presentation
software students are superior in learning performances from immediate learning
to long term memory retention as compared to PowerPoint presentation software
in online and in face to face settings.
Conclusion: Blended model can help the medical
teachers to teach the theoretical aspects of the curriculum via online and make
easy schedules of student’s rotations for clinical clerkships. When it comes to
clinical training, there is no shortcut or better way than face to face teaching
strategy. Therefore blended learning is a viable method of teaching in this
period of Covid-19.
Keywords: Blended Model, Viability, Medical
Education, Multimedia presentation, Covid-19