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ArticleAdvances in physiology education2021

Examining the relationships between medical students' preferred online instructional strategies, course difficulty level, learning performance, and effectiveness.

Xin Cheng, Xin-Yue Ma, Chaohua Luo, Jian Chen, Wei Wei, Xuesong Yang

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Article in Advances in physiology education, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Xin ChengDivision of Histology and Embryology, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Xin-Yue MaDivision of Histology and Embryology, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Chaohua LuoCollege Office, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Jian ChenCollege Office, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Wei WeiUniversity International College, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, People's Republic of China.
Xuesong YangDivision of Histology and Embryology, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Students' preferences and engagement with online educational resources and activities are crucial for academic success in the context of online medical education. This study investigated the preferences of Chinese medical students regarding the teaching strategies used by instructors and their relationship with course difficulty level, student's academic performance, and perceived effectiveness. Survey data (

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Education, DistanceEducation, Medical, UndergraduateStudents, MedicalHumansLearningSchools, Medicalcourse difficulty levelmedical education onlineself-directed learningteacher instructional strategiesteacher supervision

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PMID34498933
PMCPMC8435943

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