Redesigning and teaching veterinary microbiology laboratory exercises with combined on-site and online participation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FEMS Microbiol Lett
; 368(16)2021 Aug 26.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1364795
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic has forced universities to find new ways to conduct learning and teaching, as traditional face-to-face teaching has been prevented or restricted to an absolute minimum in many instances. Therefore, we redesigned and taught second-year veterinary student microbiology laboratory exercises (labs) with a hybrid learning approach. For this, a novel 'remote partner' model was implemented in which students present on-site in the laboratory worked synchronously pairwise with their remote partner present online. A student feedback survey revealed that in this remote partner model, both on-site and online participation in the labs were experienced as being useful in improving their laboratory skills. The students' overall performance in hands-on microbiological laboratory skills and safe working practices was similar in the hybrid learning approach (the 2021 class) and in the traditional on-site participation approach (the 2018-20 classes). This study suggests that the remote partner model is an effective way to acquire microbiological laboratory skills. This learning approach can be used in the non-pandemic future and/or also be applied to other fields.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Education, Distance
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Education, Veterinary
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COVID-19
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Microbiology
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Femsle
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