Duque Gustavo, Demontiero Oddom, Whereat Sarah, Gunawardene Piumali, Leung Oliver, Webster Peter, Sardinha Luis, Boersma Derek, Sharma Anita
Medical Education Centre, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Discipline of Medicine, Sydney Medical School Nepean, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2013 Jun;32(2):103-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00620.x. Epub 2012 Oct 17.
Despite the increasingly ageing population, teaching geriatric medicine at medical schools is a challenge due to the particularities of this subspecialty and the lack of student interest in this subject.
We assessed a blended system that combines e-learning and person-to-person interaction. Our program offered the students a hands-on learning experience based on self-reflection, access to technology, interactive learning, frequent interaction with the multidisciplinary team, more exposure to patients, and regular feedback.
Our results indicate that the students appreciate this system as a rich and effective learning experience demonstrated by their positive feedback and by their significant improvement in knowledge assessed at the end of their rotation.
Implementing an interactive blended system is a beneficial approach to teaching geriatric medicine in medical schools and to motivating medical students' interest in this important medical subspecialty.
尽管人口老龄化日益加剧，但由于老年医学这一亚专业的特殊性以及学生对该学科缺乏兴趣，在医学院校开展老年医学教学仍是一项挑战。
我们评估了一种将电子学习与人际互动相结合的混合式教学系统。我们的课程为学生提供了基于自我反思、技术应用、互动学习、与多学科团队频繁互动、更多接触患者以及定期反馈的实践学习体验。
我们的结果表明，学生们认可这个系统是一种丰富且有效的学习体验，这体现在他们的积极反馈以及轮转结束时知识评估的显著进步上。
实施交互式混合教学系统是在医学院校教授老年医学以及激发医学生对这一重要医学亚专业兴趣的有益方法。
