Saadeh Khalil, Henderson Victoria, Julita Paramasivam Sharmini, Jeevaratnam Kamalan
J Vet Med Educ. 2022 Apr;49(2):223-235. doi: 10.3138/jvme-2020-0075. Epub 2021 Mar 10.
Online resources are being increasingly used by veterinary students to complement their learning. However, their use by veterinary students, especially for cardiology learning, remains poorly understood. This article investigates the extent to which clinical veterinary students use online resources to study cardiology and whether this is affected by factors of gender, age, year of study, or entry status. This was a questionnaire-based study distributed to clinical veterinary students across eight UK universities and achieved 213 respondents. The lecturer was the most preferred resource except for direct entry students and students aged 27 or more, who preferred recommended textbooks. Some 95.3% of students use search engines to research cardiology topics, and 93.4% indicated that they would first search for answers online rather than contacting their instructor. Online video clips were popular as 71.8% of students accessed them at least once per week for cardiology learning. Of those students, 89.3% found online videos useful for understanding cardiological concepts. Social media was only rarely used (6.6%) to discuss cardiology information. Nonetheless, most students (64.3%) stated that they would enjoy interacting with course material on an instructor-led social media page. Despite most students (62%) not automatically trusting online resources, only 46.9% of students indicated that they verify online cardiology information. Online resources play an important role in complementing traditional resources in cardiology learning and suggest that some level of academic oversight may be necessary to ensure students use these resources in an appropriate manner.
兽医专业的学生越来越多地利用网络资源来辅助学习。然而，对于他们如何使用网络资源，尤其是用于心脏病学学习方面，我们仍知之甚少。本文调查了临床兽医专业学生使用网络资源学习心脏病学的程度，以及这是否受到性别、年龄、年级或入学状态等因素的影响。这是一项基于问卷调查的研究，调查对象为英国八所大学的临床兽医专业学生，共收到213份回复。除了直接入学的学生和27岁及以上的学生更喜欢推荐教材外，讲师是最受欢迎的资源。约95.3%的学生使用搜索引擎研究心脏病学主题，93.4%的学生表示他们会先在网上搜索答案，而不是联系他们的导师。在线视频片段很受欢迎，71.8%的学生每周至少访问一次用于心脏病学学习。在这些学生中，89.3%的学生认为在线视频对理解心脏病学概念很有用。只有极少数学生（6.6%）使用社交媒体讨论心脏病学信息。尽管如此，大多数学生（64.3%）表示他们会喜欢在教师主导的社交媒体页面上与课程材料进行互动。尽管大多数学生（62%）不会自动信任网络资源，但只有46.9%的学生表示他们会核实网上的心脏病学信息。网络资源在补充心脏病学学习中的传统资源方面发挥着重要作用，并表明可能需要一定程度的学术监督，以确保学生以适当的方式使用这些资源。
