Practical training in medical sociology “Analysis of social environments of living quarters”. A field experiment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Swart, Enno; Feißel, A; A, Hasoon; Hörold, Madlen; Hupach, Heike; Matterne, Uwe; Piontek, Katharina; Schaefer, Matthes; Stallmann, C; Strecker, Marco; Apfelbacher, Christian

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“…On the one hand, to be able to ensure the quality of teaching despite this exceptional situation. On the other hand, to be able to answer, among others, the following questions [3,5,8,10,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]:…”

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One Academic Year Under COVID-19 Conditions: A Multicenter Evaluation Study Among Medical Students in Bavaria, Germany Students' Needs, Difficulties, and Concerns About Digital Teaching and Learning

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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 Chi² tests. Mean values were compared using the independent samples t-test; answer frequencies in retrospective and prospective concerns were compared using contingency tables and Chi2 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' ratings on aspects of the organizational framework, for example knowledge of where to find information or the helpfulness of information, were in the upper-middle range. Of the students, 92.5% in the summer semester and 93.7% in winter semester had access to technical equipment to participate in synchronous online sessions. For some students, however, the internet connection was not stable enough to do so. Students particularly missed the personal contact with their fellow students, but also with teachers. On-site teaching was the preferred form of teaching, and there was a preference for asynchronous over synchronous digital teaching. Teaching recordings were particularly popular to complement future on-site teaching. Besides the lack of social exchange with fellow students, the students' biggest concern was the lack of possibility to perform practical trainings. 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.

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One Academic Year Under COVID-19 Conditions: A Multicenter Evaluation Study Among Medical Students in Bavaria, Germany Students' Needs, Difficulties, and Concerns About Digital Teaching and Learning

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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

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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 Chi2 tests. Mean values were compared using the independent samples t-test; answer frequencies in retrospective and prospective concerns were compared using contingency tables and Chi2 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.

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Practical training in medical sociology “Analysis of social environments of living quarters”. A field experiment during the COVID-19 pandemic

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One Academic Year Under COVID-19 Conditions: A Multicenter Evaluation Study Among Medical Students in Bavaria, Germany Students' Needs, Difficulties, and Concerns About Digital Teaching and Learning

One Academic Year Under COVID-19 Conditions: A Multicenter Evaluation Study Among Medical Students in Bavaria, Germany Students' Needs, Difficulties, and Concerns About Digital Teaching and Learning

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

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