Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, 1873 Rama IV road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, 1873 Rama IV road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
BMC Med Educ. 2022 Mar 9;22(1):162. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03217-w.
Asynchronous online lecture has become a common teaching method in medical education, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the effectiveness and students' attitudes towards this method under this special circumstance have not been exclusively studied. Hence, we aimed to evaluate these aspects of cardiovascular physiology teaching in an undergraduate medical curriculum.
We analysed and compared the academic achievement and attitudes of 613 medical students on cardiovascular physiology between pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 years in which different teaching methods were implemented. In addition, we also explored the importance of teaching methods and teachers by subgroup analysis to evaluate whether they influenced the academic achievement and attitudes of students.
Overall students' academic achievement was significantly higher when lectures were taught by the traditional method than by the asynchronous online method. Moreover, subgroup analysis revealed that teachers were also a factor influencing students' academic achievement. Although most students had positive attitudes towards asynchronous online lectures, overall satisfaction was slightly higher when all lectures were taught by the traditional method than by the asynchronous online method.
Asynchronous online lectures might not be an effective teaching method especially during the abrupt change in education. Under the 'new normal' medical education, not only teaching methods but also teachers are the essential keys to the success in academic achievement and attitudes of undergraduate medical students.
异步在线讲座已成为医学教育中的一种常见教学方法，尤其是在 COVID-19 大流行期间。然而，在这种特殊情况下，这种方法的效果和学生的态度尚未得到专门研究。因此，我们旨在评估本科医学课程中心血管生理学教学的这些方面。
我们分析并比较了 COVID-19 前和 COVID-19 年期间实施不同教学方法的 613 名医学生在心血管生理学方面的学业成绩和态度。此外，我们还通过亚组分析探讨了教学方法和教师的重要性，以评估它们是否会影响学生的学业成绩和态度。
总体而言，传统教学方法教授的讲座学生的学业成绩明显高于异步在线教学方法。此外，亚组分析表明，教师也是影响学生学业成绩的因素之一。尽管大多数学生对异步在线讲座持积极态度，但当所有讲座都采用传统方法教授时，总体满意度略高于异步在线教学方法。
异步在线讲座可能不是一种有效的教学方法，尤其是在教育突然发生变化的情况下。在“新常态”医学教育下，不仅教学方法，教师也是本科医学生学业成绩和态度成功的关键。
