Duckwitz Veronica, Vogt Lena, Hautzinger Claudia, Bartel Alexander, Haase Sebastian, Wiegard Mechthild, Doherr Marcus G
Department of Veterinary Medicine Institute for Veterinary Epidemiology and Biostatistics Freie Universität Berlin Germany.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Berlin Germany.
Vet Rec Open. 2021 Jul 22;8(1):e14. doi: 10.1002/vro2.14. eCollection 2021 Dec.
In German veterinary education interdisciplinary lectures (ILs) are an important and mandatory part of the curriculum as their merging character builds a useful preparation for the future profession as a veterinarian. These lectures should enable students to work on practically-relevant and interdisciplinary cases, which should ideally be defined jointly by lecturers from different disciplines.
In order to give students the opportunity to work on these cases and at the same time have contact with their lecturers and fellow students, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, has converted its former in-class ILs (face-to-face delivery format) into a blended learning format. The mandatory lectures comprise 196 curricular hours and are delivered over the course of three semesters within the veterinary curriculum. The new concept was developed over a period of three academic years and extensively evaluated (old-new-comparison) with regard to its acceptance and compliance with national requirements for interdisciplinary teaching.
A total of 306 students were asked to evaluate different aspects of the newly implemented format. Overall, more than 79% of the students attending the newly implemented blended learning format responded positively, and the evaluation showed a significant improvement of learning motivation and acceptance when compared to the traditional teaching format.
The results indicated that blended learning is a suitable option for teaching mandatory ILs in clinical medicine and veterinary public health.
在德国兽医教育中，跨学科讲座（ILs）是课程的重要且必修部分，因为其融合特性为未来成为兽医的职业发展提供了有益准备。这些讲座应使学生能够处理实际相关的跨学科案例，理想情况下应由来自不同学科的讲师共同确定这些案例。
为了给学生处理这些案例的机会，同时让他们与讲师和同学接触，柏林自由大学兽医学院已将其以前的课堂跨学科讲座（面对面授课形式）转变为混合学习形式。必修讲座包括196个课程学时，在兽医课程的三个学期内进行授课。这个新概念经过三个学年的时间得以发展，并就其接受度以及是否符合跨学科教学的国家要求进行了广泛评估（新旧对比）。
总共306名学生被要求对新实施形式的不同方面进行评估。总体而言，参加新实施混合学习形式的学生中超过79%给出了积极反馈，并且评估显示与传统教学形式相比，学习动机和接受度有显著提高。
结果表明，混合学习是教授临床医学和兽医公共卫生必修跨学科讲座的合适选择。
