Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Kirrbergerstr. 100, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Kirrbergerstr. 100, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
BMC Med Educ. 2022 Apr 22;22(1):308. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03362-2.
The summer semester 2020, had to be restructured due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the associated contact restrictions. Here, for the first time, the established lectures in lecture halls and small group seminars could not be conducted in presence as usual. A possible tool for the implementation of medical teaching, offers the use of eLearning, online webinars and learning platforms. At present it is unclear how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic will affect surgical teaching, how digitization will be accepted by students, and how virtual teaching can be expanded in the future.
The teaching, which was previously delivered purely through face-to-face lectures, was completely converted to digital media. For this purpose, all lectures were recorded and were available to students on demand. The seminars were held as a twice a week occurring online webinar. The block internship was also conducted as a daily online webinar and concluded with an online exam at the end. At the end of the semester, a survey of the students was carried out, which was answered by n = 192 students with an anonymized questionnaire. The questionnaire inquires about the previous and current experience with eLearning, as well as the possibility of a further development towards a purely digital university.
There were n = 192 students in the study population. For 88%, the conversion of classes to web-based lectures represented their first eLearning experience. For 77% of all students, the digitization of teaching led to a change in the way they prepare for class. 73% of the participating students are of the opinion that eLearning lectures should continue to be offered. 54% of the students felt that eLearning lectures made more sense than face-to-face lectures. A purely virtual university could be imagined by 41% of the students.
The conversion of teaching represented the first contact with eLearning for most students. Overall, the eLearning offering was experienced as positive. Due to the new teaching structure, the way of learning had already changed during the semester. Based on the new eLearning content, the already existing formats can be further expanded in the future. Nevertheless, it turned out that the practical-surgical contents and skills cannot be adequately represented by purely online offers; for this, the development of hybrid practice-oriented teaching concepts is necessary.
由于 SARS-CoV-2 大流行及其相关的接触限制，2020 年夏季学期不得不进行重组。在这里，传统的大课教学和小组研讨会首次无法像往常一样进行现场教学。医学教学的一种可能工具是使用电子学习、在线网络研讨会和学习平台。目前尚不清楚 SARS-CoV-2 大流行将如何影响外科教学、学生将如何接受数字化以及未来如何扩展虚拟教学。
之前完全通过面对面讲座进行的教学已完全转换为数字媒体。为此，所有讲座都进行了录制，并可供学生按需使用。研讨会每周举行两次在线网络研讨会。实习块也作为日常在线网络研讨会进行，并在期末进行在线考试。在学期结束时，对学生进行了一项调查，共有 192 名学生匿名回答了问卷。问卷询问了学生之前和现在的电子学习经验，以及向纯数字化大学发展的可能性。
研究人群中有 192 名学生。对于 88%的学生来说，将课程转换为基于网络的讲座代表了他们的第一次电子学习体验。对于所有学生的 77%来说，教学的数字化导致了他们上课准备方式的改变。73%的参与学生认为应该继续提供电子学习讲座。54%的学生认为电子学习讲座比面对面讲座更有意义。41%的学生可以想象一个纯粹的虚拟大学。
对于大多数学生来说，教学的转换代表了他们与电子学习的第一次接触。总的来说，电子学习的提供方式是积极的。由于新的教学结构，整个学期的学习方式已经发生了变化。基于新的电子学习内容，未来可以进一步扩展现有的格式。然而，事实证明，纯粹的在线课程无法充分代表实践手术内容和技能；为此，需要开发混合实践导向的教学概念。
