Improving students' performance via case-based e-learning
BackgroundThe integration of interdisciplinary clinical reasoning and decision-making into the medical curriculum is imperative. Novel, high-quality e-learning environments, encompassing virtual clinical and hands-on training, are essential. Consequently, we evaluated the efficacy of a case-based e-...
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| author | Sebastian Ertl Sebastian Ertl Patricia P. Wadowski Henriette Löffler-Stastka |
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| description | BackgroundThe integration of interdisciplinary clinical reasoning and decision-making into the medical curriculum is imperative. Novel, high-quality e-learning environments, encompassing virtual clinical and hands-on training, are essential. Consequently, we evaluated the efficacy of a case-based e-learning approach.MethodThe impact of a case-based interdisciplinary e-learning environment with an integrated question/feedback system on medical students' academic performance was examined in a cross-sectional sample of different study years, longitudinally matched per academic year. Differences between the groups were analyzed through an unpaired t-test.ResultsThe exam results of students who participated in the e-learning course (n = 296) were compared with those of all students at the university (n = 5,800). A statistically significant (p-value < 0.01) improvement in students' final examination grades was observed through intensive training on the offered platform.ConclusionsOur analyses demonstrated the positive influence of a case-based e-learning approach within the Viennese medical curriculum. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9f9ffcaafe7643ddb96e1fb03e0b3fdb2025-01-06T05:13:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2025-01-011110.3389/fmed.2024.14011241401124Improving students' performance via case-based e-learningSebastian Ertl0Sebastian Ertl1Patricia P. Wadowski2Henriette Löffler-Stastka3Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDivision of Internal Medicine II (Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Angiology) Ordensklinikum Linz, Linz, Upper Austria, AustriaDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Division of Angiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaBackgroundThe integration of interdisciplinary clinical reasoning and decision-making into the medical curriculum is imperative. Novel, high-quality e-learning environments, encompassing virtual clinical and hands-on training, are essential. Consequently, we evaluated the efficacy of a case-based e-learning approach.MethodThe impact of a case-based interdisciplinary e-learning environment with an integrated question/feedback system on medical students' academic performance was examined in a cross-sectional sample of different study years, longitudinally matched per academic year. Differences between the groups were analyzed through an unpaired t-test.ResultsThe exam results of students who participated in the e-learning course (n = 296) were compared with those of all students at the university (n = 5,800). A statistically significant (p-value < 0.01) improvement in students' final examination grades was observed through intensive training on the offered platform.ConclusionsOur analyses demonstrated the positive influence of a case-based e-learning approach within the Viennese medical curriculum.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1401124/fullcase-based blended learningcomputer-assisted instructione-learningdistance learning competencetransfer learning |
| spellingShingle | Sebastian Ertl Sebastian Ertl Patricia P. Wadowski Henriette Löffler-Stastka Improving students' performance via case-based e-learning Frontiers in Medicine case-based blended learning computer-assisted instruction e-learning distance learning competence transfer learning |
| title | Improving students' performance via case-based e-learning |
| title_full | Improving students' performance via case-based e-learning |
| title_fullStr | Improving students' performance via case-based e-learning |
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| title_short | Improving students' performance via case-based e-learning |
| title_sort | improving students performance via case based e learning |
| topic | case-based blended learning computer-assisted instruction e-learning distance learning competence transfer learning |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1401124/full |
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