WeChat as a Platform for Problem-Based Learning Among Hematological Postgraduates: Feasibility and Acceptability Study (Preprint)

Abstract

UNSTRUCTURED Hematological medicine is a practical discipline that difficult to study. The cultivation for postgraduate majored in hematology is rather hard. Problem-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered innovating teaching method that students define their own learning objectives from clinically based problem. It has been widely accepted in student-centered medical education. Owing to the geographic and time dispersion of the students, traditional PBL has its own limitations. WeChat, the most popular platform among university students in China, was introduced in hematology teaching. In this study, we combine traditional PBL and WeChat together to explore a new WeChat Problem-Based learning mode for postgraduate majored in hematology. 100 questionnaires were distributed to evaluate how the students and tutors think about the WeChat-PBL teaching mode. The data showed that the WeChat-PBL teaching mode was popular and widely accepted. Our new PBL mode is time saving, convenience and easy to conduct. It emphasizes interoperable, interactive, effective and more participatory. We firmly believe that using this new WeChat-PBL teaching model will certainly help students be more excellent.