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      Opinión de estudiantes de medicina sobre el uso de un aula virtual asincrónica durante la COVID-19 Translated title: Opinion of medical students on the use of an asynchronous virtual classroom during COVID-19

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          Introducción. Ante la pandemia por COVID-19, las escuelas de medicina debieron transitar de un modelo de enseñanza predominantemente presencial a la modalidad en línea, por lo que se dieron a la tarea de diseñar una serie de herramientas para dar continuidad a la formación de sus estudiantes. Objetivo. Conocer la opinión de los alumnos de medicina sobre el uso de un aula virtual asincrónica como recurso de apoyo durante su proceso de aprendizaje en el contexto de la pandemia. Sujetos y métodos. Participaron 31 alumnos de primer año de medicina en México. Se utilizó un cuestionario de nueve ítems para indagar su opinión sobre la calidad de los contenidos de una asignatura, la idoneidad de la cantidad de actividades utilizadas, así como la claridad de la introducción a cada tema, de sus objetivos y de las instrucciones para cada actividad de aprendizaje. Resultados. Más de la mitad opinó que la introducción, los objetivos y las instrucciones del aula virtual asincrónica para realizar las actividades de aprendizaje de cada tema eran fáciles de entender. Más del 70% consideró que la calidad de los contenidos era muy buena y que el número de actividades de aprendizaje utilizadas era suficiente para cubrir los objetivos. Conclusiones. Los resultados permitieron identificar el material y las actividades del aula virtual asincrónica que resultaron, en opinión de los estudiantes, enriquecedores para su proceso de aprendizaje y qué cambios realizar para mejorar esta plataforma en beneficio de su formación profesional.

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          Introduction. Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, medical schools had to move from a predominantly face-to-face teaching model to the online modality, so they undertook the task of designing a series of tools to continue the training of their students. Aim. To know the opinion of medical students on the use of an asynchronous virtual classroom as a support resource during their learning process in the context of the pandemic. Subjects and methods. Thirty-one first-year medical students in Mexico participated. A nine-item questionnaire was used to find out their opinion about the quality of the contents of a subject, the suitability of the number of activities used, as well as the clarity of the introduction to each topic, its objectives and the instructions for each learning activity. Results. More than half found the introduction, objectives, and instructions of the asynchronous virtual classroom to carry out the learning activities for each topic easy to understand. Over 70% considered that the quality of the contents was very good and that the number of learning activities used was sufficient to cover the objectives. Conclusions. The results made it possible to identify the material and activities of the asynchronous virtual classroom that were, in the opinion of the students, enriching for their learning process and what changes to make to improve this platform for the benefit of their professional training.

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          Las aulas virtuales: una opción para el desarrollo de la Educación Médica

          El desarrollo de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación y el surgimiento de los Sistemas Gestores de Contenido han favorecido el desarrollo de las aulas virtuales, en la docencia universitaria, las cuales brindan la posibilidad de vencer barreras geográficas, sociales y otras de naturaleza personal, por lo que la educación a distancia medida por computadoras se ha convertido en un modelo con muchos adeptos a nivel internacional. La implementación de aulas virtuales en la enseñanza universitaria cubana ha favorecido a la formación y capacitación de los profesionales y técnicos de la salud, dentro y fuera del país. En este artículo se plantean aspectos relacionados con el uso de estos nuevos espacios para la docencia en la enseñanza universitaria, con especial énfasis en la educación médica cubana.
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            To zoom or not to zoom – the training of communicative competencies in times of Covid 19 at Witten/Herdecke University illustrated by the example of “sharing information”

            Since October 2018, a longitudinal communication curriculum for medical students has been implemented at Witten/Herdecke University. In the summer semester 2020, the concept for the 4th preclinical semester included a practical training on “sharing information”, which consisted of three two-hour face-to-face sessions with simulated patients (SP). Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, teaching was changed to an inverted classroom concept combining asynchronous and synchronous teaching. The students worked at the beginning of the semester on an e-learning module of the learning platform docCom.deutsch on the topic “sharing information” using reflection and processing tasks. In two digital sessions, the students then were able to practice discharge interviews and discussions about risk communication illustrated by the example of screening methods for cancer prevention. In the first zoom session, students practiced in role-plays among themselves. In the second zoom session, they practiced with SP. The evaluation results revealed that 76% of the responding students considered working with the e-learning module as a good preparation for the interviews. According to the evaluation results, satisfaction with the Zoom meeting including SP contact was slightly higher than those with role-plays among themselves. Although the group atmosphere was rated by all responding students as conducive to learning, almost half of them confirmed that using Zoom significantly impaired the atmosphere (47%). In retrospect, the conversion of the communication training to a digital format worked better than expected from both the perspective of teachers and students. The students explicitly appreciated working with SP. From the teachers’ perspective, some specific aspects of successful communication were difficult to reflect on, e.g. non-verbal communication. The use of e-learning as a preparation for practical exercises has proven successful and will be continued in the future.
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              One academic year under COVID-19 conditions: two multicenter cross-sectional evaluation studies among medical students in Bavarian medical schools, Germany students’ needs, difficulties, and concerns about digital teaching and learning

              Background Since March 2020, COVID-19 has created a need for adaptation in many areas of life. This study explores medical students’ perspectives on digital teaching under conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on expectations and concerns about digital teaching, the evaluation of specific aspects of teaching, and requests for future teaching. Methods Six German faculties have joined forces within the Bavarian network for medical education to develop and deploy a common core questionnaire. Cross-sectional surveys were conducted at the end of the summer semester 2020 and winter semester 2020/21. Medical students from different semesters participated in the online survey. Data was analyzed descriptively and/or inferentially. Item differences across semesters were examined using contingency tables and Chi 2 tests. Mean values were compared using the independent samples t-test; answer frequencies in retrospective and prospective concerns were compared using contingency tables and Chi 2 tests with Yates’ correction. Results In the summer semester 2020, 1565 students and in winter semester 2020/21, 1727 students took part in the survey. Students’ main prospective concern was lack of social exchange between fellow students (70%), but also with teachers. Second and third most often concerns were a lack of practical training (68%) and lack of integration of on-site digital teaching (50%). Approximately 7% of the students lacked sufficient access to technical equipment.. Approximately 39% of the students lacked a sufficient internet connection for synchronous digital teaching, 17% for asynchronous digital teaching. On-site teaching was the preferred form of teaching (60%), and there was a preference for asynchronous (24%) over synchronous (15%) digital teaching. Teaching recordings (79%) were particularly popular to complement future on-site teaching. Conclusions The following areas of education under COVID-19 conditions are highly important to medical students: adequacy of information sharing, integration of opportunities for exchange with fellow students and teachers, possibility to perform practical trainings. After the normalization of the pandemic situation, on-site teaching should be supplemented with blended learning concepts such as the inverted classroom model. Graphical abstract Percentages of results are rounded averages from summer and winter semesters. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12909-022-03480-x.
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                Journal
                fem
                FEM: Revista de la Fundación Educación Médica
                FEM (Ed. impresa)
                Fundación Educación Médica y Viguera Editores, S.L. (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain )
                2014-9832
                2014-9840
                2023
                : 26
                : 2
                : 83-88
                Affiliations
                [1] Ciudad de México orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México orgdiv1Facultad de Medicina orgdiv2Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental Mexico
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                S2014-98322023000200006 S2014-9832(23)02600200006
                10.33588/fem.262.1269
                56150b65-0e89-44f5-8334-a8b82c86e2b0

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                : 16 March 2023
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                Estudiantes de medicina,Asynchronous classroom,Asynchronous learning,COVID-19,Medical students,Online teaching,Remote learning,Aprendizaje a distancia,Aprendizaje asincrónico,Aula asincrónica,Enseñanza en línea

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