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ArticleBMC medical education2024

The application of blended teaching in medical practical course of clinical skills training.

Zhicheng He, Hua Li, Lan Lu, Qiang Wang, Qingming Wu, Lili Lu

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Zhicheng HeDepartment of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
Hua LiDepartment of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
Lan LuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
Qiang WangDepartment of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
Qingming WuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China. wuqingming@wust.edu.cn.
Lili LuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China. lulili@wust.edu.cn.

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Graduate Education Quality Engineering Project of Wuhan University of Science and Technology Yjg202327the College Students' Innovation Project of Hubei Province of China S202110488072the Higher Educational Teaching Reform Project of the Hubei Province Education Department 2021236
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBlended teaching is an effective approach that combines online and offline teaching methods, leading to improved outcomes in medical education compared to traditional offline teaching. In this study, we examined the impact of blended teaching in clinical skills training, a medical practice course.

methodsThis study involved forty-eight undergraduate students studying clinical medicine in the fifth semester at Wuhan University of Science and Technology. The students were divided into two groups: the control group, which received traditional offline teaching, and the experimental group, which received hybrid teaching. Following the completion of the 4-month course, both groups underwent the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to evaluate their proficiency in clinical skills. Furthermore, the experimental group was given a separate questionnaire to gauge their feedback on the Blended Teaching approach.

resultsBased on the OSCE scores, the experimental group outperformed the control group significantly (P<0.05). The questionnaire results indicated that a majority of students (54.2%, 3.71 ± 1.06) believed that blended teaching is superior to traditional offline teaching, and a significant number of students (58.3%, 3.79 ± 1.15) expressed their willingness to adopt blended teaching in other courses. Furthermore, students in the experimental group displayed varying levels of interest in different teaching contents, with emergency medicine (79.2%), internal medicine (70.8%), and surgery (66.7%) being the most popular among them.

conclusionsThis research demonstrates for the first time that blended teaching can achieve a good pedagogical effectiveness in the medical practice course, clinical skills training and practice. Moreover, in different teaching contents, the teaching effects are different. In the content of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, which is more attractive to students, the application of blended teaching could result in a better pedagogical outcome than other contents.

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Clinical CompetenceEducational MeasurementEducation, Medical, UndergraduateChinaComputer-Assisted InstructionCurriculumFemaleHumansMaleStudents, MedicalSurveys and QuestionnairesTeachingYoung AdultBlended teachingClinical skill trainingMedical educationPractice courseTeaching model

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PMID38965490
PMCPMC11223297

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