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Association between medical students’ prior experiences and perceptions of formal online education developed in response to COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in China

OBJECTIVES: (1) Understanding the characteristics of online learning experiences of Chinese undergraduate medical students; (2) Investigating students’ perceptions of ongoing online education developed in response to COVID-19 and (3) Exploring how prior online learning experiences are associated wit...

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Autores principales: Wang, Cixiao, Xie, A’na, Wang, Weimin, Wu, Hongbin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7597486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33122327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041886
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Xie, A’na
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Wu, Hongbin
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description OBJECTIVES: (1) Understanding the characteristics of online learning experiences of Chinese undergraduate medical students; (2) Investigating students’ perceptions of ongoing online education developed in response to COVID-19 and (3) Exploring how prior online learning experiences are associated with students’ perceptions. DESIGN: Students’ familiarity with online learning modes and corresponding perceived usefulness (PU) according to their previous experiences were investigated using an online survey. The survey also collected data on students’ perceptions through their evaluation of and satisfaction with current online learning. SETTING: In response to the educational challenges created by COVID-19, medical schools in China have adopted formal online courses for students. PARTICIPANTS: The questionnaire was sent to 225 329 students, of whom 52.38% (118 080/225 329) replied, with valid data available for 44.18% (99 559/225 329). METHODS: Pearson correlations and t-tests were used to examine the relationship between familiarity and PU. Multiple linear regression and logistic regression analyses were used to determine the impact of prior learning experiences and its interactions with gender, area, learning phase and academic performance on students’ perceptions. RESULTS: Students’ PU had a significant positive correlation with their familiarity with online learning modes (p<0.01). Students’ evaluation of and satisfaction with their current online education were positively associated with their familiarity (β=0.46, 95% CI 0.45 to 0.48, p<0.01; OR 1.14, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.14, p<0.01) with and PU (β=3.11, 95% CI 2.92 to 3.30, p<0.01; OR 2.55, 95% CI 2.37 to 2.75, p<0.01) of online learning. Moreover, the higher the students’ learning phases, the lower the associations between PU and students’ evaluation of and satisfaction with ongoing online education. CONCLUSIONS: Medical students in China have experiences with various online learning modes. Prior learning experiences are positively associated with students’ evaluation of and satisfaction with current online education. Higher learning phases, in which clinical practices are crucial, and high academic performance led to lower evaluation and satisfaction scores.
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spelling pubmed-75974862020-11-05 Association between medical students’ prior experiences and perceptions of formal online education developed in response to COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in China Wang, Cixiao Xie, A’na Wang, Weimin Wu, Hongbin BMJ Open Medical Education and Training OBJECTIVES: (1) Understanding the characteristics of online learning experiences of Chinese undergraduate medical students; (2) Investigating students’ perceptions of ongoing online education developed in response to COVID-19 and (3) Exploring how prior online learning experiences are associated with students’ perceptions. DESIGN: Students’ familiarity with online learning modes and corresponding perceived usefulness (PU) according to their previous experiences were investigated using an online survey. The survey also collected data on students’ perceptions through their evaluation of and satisfaction with current online learning. SETTING: In response to the educational challenges created by COVID-19, medical schools in China have adopted formal online courses for students. PARTICIPANTS: The questionnaire was sent to 225 329 students, of whom 52.38% (118 080/225 329) replied, with valid data available for 44.18% (99 559/225 329). METHODS: Pearson correlations and t-tests were used to examine the relationship between familiarity and PU. Multiple linear regression and logistic regression analyses were used to determine the impact of prior learning experiences and its interactions with gender, area, learning phase and academic performance on students’ perceptions. RESULTS: Students’ PU had a significant positive correlation with their familiarity with online learning modes (p<0.01). Students’ evaluation of and satisfaction with their current online education were positively associated with their familiarity (β=0.46, 95% CI 0.45 to 0.48, p<0.01; OR 1.14, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.14, p<0.01) with and PU (β=3.11, 95% CI 2.92 to 3.30, p<0.01; OR 2.55, 95% CI 2.37 to 2.75, p<0.01) of online learning. Moreover, the higher the students’ learning phases, the lower the associations between PU and students’ evaluation of and satisfaction with ongoing online education. CONCLUSIONS: Medical students in China have experiences with various online learning modes. Prior learning experiences are positively associated with students’ evaluation of and satisfaction with current online education. Higher learning phases, in which clinical practices are crucial, and high academic performance led to lower evaluation and satisfaction scores. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7597486/ /pubmed/33122327 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041886 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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Wang, Cixiao
Xie, A’na
Wang, Weimin
Wu, Hongbin
Association between medical students’ prior experiences and perceptions of formal online education developed in response to COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in China
title Association between medical students’ prior experiences and perceptions of formal online education developed in response to COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in China
title_full Association between medical students’ prior experiences and perceptions of formal online education developed in response to COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in China
title_fullStr Association between medical students’ prior experiences and perceptions of formal online education developed in response to COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in China
title_full_unstemmed Association between medical students’ prior experiences and perceptions of formal online education developed in response to COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in China
title_short Association between medical students’ prior experiences and perceptions of formal online education developed in response to COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in China
title_sort association between medical students’ prior experiences and perceptions of formal online education developed in response to covid-19: a cross-sectional study in china
topic Medical Education and Training
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7597486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33122327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041886
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