ABSTRACT
Background Due to the decentralized distribution of family medicine teaching practices in Thuringia and against the background of the SARS-CoV-2-restrictions, the academic teaching of students during the practical year was complemented by a blended learning (BL) format in order to enable time- and location-independent learning. BL refers to the combination of classroom and synchronous or asynchronous online learning situations. This article describes the development, implementation and evaluation of an accompanying seminar in the BL-format. Methods The didactic concept was based on the constructive alignment. To achieve the learning objectives, the approach of case-based learning was chosen. In the initial online-phase, a corresponding learning environment with a virtual case was created. In different folder levels, students found a welcome field, organizational information, and the patient record with a link to the virtual work platform where assignments were completed. In the subsequent presence-phase, knowledge was secured via mc questions and the aspects resulting from the assignments were processed and discussed. Results The course reached a total of nine medical students in their practical year. A cardiovascular clinical case was chosen for the vignette. In addition to evaluating an ECG, cardiovascular risk scores were to be calculated, laboratory values interpreted, and medication suggestions provided. The sequence was designed in such a way that the students, guided by questions, elaborate the workflow of a family physician in a structured way. In the presence-phase, the acquired knowledge is secured and discussed. Overall, the majority of the nine students agreed with the positively formulated statements on the digital learning environment. Conclusions The described BL-module proved to be suitable to bring casebased learning into a digital framework, to further use the advantages of face-to-face teaching and to respond to the decentralized distribution of teaching practices in family medicine in Thuringia.