Zhang Qing, He Yi-Jing, Zhu Yu-Hang, Dai Min-Chen, Pan Man-Man, Wu Jia-Qi, Zhang Xian, Gu Ying-Er, Wang Fang-Fang, Xu Xiang-Rong, Qu Fan
Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
The Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Integr Med Res. 2020 Sep;9(3):100449. doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2020.100449. Epub 2020 Jun 9.
During the COVID-19 epidemic period, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) course for international students of Medical Bachelor, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program in Zhejiang University has shifted from traditional classroom to online environment. This study aimed to investigate MBBS international students' perception on online TCM course, and to assess the online learning efficacy.
A total of 84 MBBS international students attending course of "Basic Traditional Chinese Medicine" during 2020 academic years at Zhejiang University were enrolled in this study. A quantitative questionnaire was respectively completed before and after the TCM course using a pretest-post-test design. By means of two online learning platforms, Learning in ZJU and DingTalk, TCM course was broadcast in both live and archived format to students.
A total of 48 participants completed both baseline and follow-up questionnaires. The majority of participants preferred face-to-face classroom learning (26, 54.17% of total) when compared with online learning. Students felt that the course had brought in much benefits (mean 3.88, SD 0.87), and they were satisfied with the course content (mean 3.83, SD 0.95). Students' TCM related knowledge and their behaviors of discussion and consulting were significantly improved by online TCM course (all < 0.001). Students' awareness of the necessity of TCM education and their feeling of difficulty in learning TCM were significantly strengthened ( = 0.042, 0.025, respectively).
Online learning is a good alternative for TCM course of MBBS international students when classroom learning is suspended, whereas it cannot replace the need for onsite and face-to-face learning.
在新冠疫情期间，浙江大学医学学士、外科学士（MBBS）项目的国际学生中医课程从传统课堂转移到了在线环境。本研究旨在调查MBBS国际学生对在线中医课程的看法，并评估在线学习效果。
本研究纳入了2020学年在浙江大学参加“中医基础”课程的84名MBBS国际学生。采用前测-后测设计，在中医课程前后分别完成一份定量问卷。借助两个在线学习平台“浙大钉”和“钉钉”，以直播和存档形式向学生播放中医课程。
共有48名参与者完成了基线和随访问卷。与在线学习相比，大多数参与者更喜欢面对面的课堂学习（26人，占总数的54.17%）。学生们认为该课程带来了很多好处（平均3.88，标准差0.87），他们对课程内容感到满意（平均3.83，标准差0.95）。在线中医课程显著提高了学生的中医相关知识以及他们的讨论和咨询行为（均P<0.001）。学生对中医教育必要性的认识以及他们学习中医的困难感显著增强（分别为P=0.042，0.025）。
当课堂学习暂停时，在线学习是MBBS国际学生中医课程的一个不错选择，但它无法取代现场和面对面学习的需求。
