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ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2018

The comparison of teaching efficiency between massive open online courses and traditional courses in medicine education: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Fei Zhao, You Fu, Qi-Jie Zhang, Yue Zhou, Peng-Fei Ge, Hua-Xing Huang, Yuan He

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Article in Annals of translational medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Fei ZhaoDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
You FuDepartment of Supervision, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
Qi-Jie ZhangDepartment of Urology Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
Yue ZhouDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
Peng-Fei GeDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
Hua-Xing HuangNanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China.
Yuan HeNanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate and compare the passing rates of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) with Traditional Courses to indicate how to improve the teaching efficiency in Medicine Education.

methodsA systematic search of relevant published literature was conducted to collect relevant retrospective cohort studies that compared the teaching efficiency of MOOCs and Traditional Courses.

resultsThere are three retrospective cohort studies included in the final meta-analysis. There were no significant differences in the passing rates of MOOCs and Traditional Courses.

conclusionsit is necessary for universities to invest in online education to promote the development of MOOCs, which will probably have an advantage over Traditional Courses for postgraduate medical education in the near future.

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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)Medicine Educationmeta-analysisTraditional Course

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PMID30603646
PMCPMC6312816

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