Outcomes of E learning in a clinical context
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| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-186532
ABSTRACT
Background:
E learning refers to the use of Internet technologies to deliver a broad array of solutions that enhance knowledge and performance. It is more often used by medical educators in basic science courses than in a clinical evaluation. Materials andmethods:
An observational study was carried out in the Department of General Surgery among undergraduate medical students to know the impact of e-learning in the acquisition of clinical skills required during evaluation of an inguinoscrotal swelling. A total of 60students were divided into two groups of 30 each. Group A students were trained by conducting bed side clinics on patients while students from Group B were trained using You tube videos.Results:
At the end of these sessions, all the students were assessed by Objective Structured Clinical Examination on patients presenting with inguinoscrotal swelling with a check list. Out of 20 marks students from group A had a mean of 16.4 and the mean in the E learning group was 14.1 and the P value was .004 which was statistically significant.Conclusion:
E learning by using videos cannot substitute traditional bed side teaching but it can impart basic clinical skills to a certain extent in a resource constrained situation
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Observational study
Year:
2016
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Article
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