比较 WhatsApp 和 Facebook 作为医学院学生学习工具的效果。

Comparison of effectiveness of WhatsApp and Facebook as learning tool for the students of a medical college.

机构信息

Department of ophthalmology, Services Institute of Medical Sciences Lahore, Pakistan.

Islamic International Medical College, Riphah International University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

出版信息

J Pak Med Assoc. 2020 Oct;70(10):1705-1708. doi: 10.5455/JPMA.35071.

DOI:10.5455/JPMA.35071

PMID:33159737

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To compare the effectiveness of Facebook and WhatsApp as learning tools for undergraduate medical students in ophthalmology.

METHODS

The quantitative, quasi-experimental study was conducted at Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot, Pakistan from October 2017 to March 2018, and comprised 4th year medical students. A pre-test of ophthalmology topics was taken and participants were divided into Facebook and WhatsApp groups by gender-based stratified randomisation. Four topics were taught through Facebook and WhatsApp to the relevant groups and post-test was taken using multiple choice questions. Data was analysed using SPSS 20.

RESULTS

Of the 100 students, 35(35%) were males and 65(65%) were females. The overall mean age was 21.76±0.85 years (range: 20-24 years of. The two groups had 50(50%) subjects each. A significant difference was found between pre- and post-test results of both the groups (p<0.001). There was no significant difference between the groups (p>0.05) neither the baseline nor post-intervention. There was significant difference along gender lines (p>0.05).

CONCLUSION

Facebook and WhatsApp as learning tools had no significant difference in terms of impact on the learning process.

摘要

目的

比较 Facebook 和 WhatsApp 作为眼科本科医学生学习工具的效果。

方法

本定量、准实验研究于 2017 年 10 月至 2018 年 3 月在巴基斯坦锡亚尔科特的 Khawaja Muhammad Safdar 医学院进行，纳入 4 年级医学生。进行了一次眼科主题的预测试，然后根据性别进行分层随机分组，将参与者分为 Facebook 组和 WhatsApp 组。通过 Facebook 和 WhatsApp 向相关组教授 4 个主题，并通过多项选择题进行后测。使用 SPSS 20 进行数据分析。

结果

在 100 名学生中，35 名（35%）为男性，65 名（65%）为女性。总体平均年龄为 21.76±0.85 岁（范围：20-24 岁）。两组各有 50 名（50%）受试者。两组的预测试和后测试结果均存在显著差异（p<0.001）。组间（p>0.05）无论是基线还是干预后均无显著差异。按性别划分存在显著差异（p>0.05）。