Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism

Evaluation of a Guest Lecture on Medical Emergency of Box Jellyfish Envenomation Pathophysiology and First Aid for Medical Students

WIENTA DIARSVITRI; ANGEL ANNE YANAGIHARA

Volume 11, Issue 3 , July 2023, , Pages 141-146

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2023.98788.1808

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Introduction: Lethal box jellyfish envenomation has been reported in Indonesia and other countries; therefore, medical students should be equipped with related knowledge. The aim of ... Read More

The impact of tutor expertise on the students’ scores in active learning methods: a meta-analysis

MONA MLIKA; MOHAMED MAJDI ZORGATI; FAOUZI MEZNI

Volume 10, Issue 4 , October 2022, , Pages 235-245

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2022.94450.1589

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Introduction: The tutor’s role has been changing in the active learning methods in comparison to the traditional ones. Tutors are encouraged to become facilitators and to guide ... Read More Introduction: The tutor’s role has been changing in the active learning methods in comparison to the traditional ones. Tutors are encouraged to become facilitators and to guide the students to construct a new knowledge by making bridges with the old one. Tutor’s expertise in the active methods has been discussed with different results. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of tutor expertise on the students’ scores in active learning methods.Methods: The authors conducted this meta-analysis under the guidelines of a critical tool for systematic reviews (AMSTAR2). PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, Scopus and Science Direct were the databases used for searching. The articles included compared students’ learning scores according to tutor expertise between 2 groups of students with an active method of learning. The Review Manager software 5.3 was used to conduct this metaanalysis. We considered the mean difference as the effect size.Results: 3169 students and 222 learning groups of 5 to 10 students were included in this study. The combined mean difference reached 0.84 with 95% CI [0.22, 1.46]. A significant difference between the two groups was observed in favour of the non-expert group (P=0.008). The heterogeneity I-square was evaluated to 98%. The Funnel plot reflected no publication bias (P=0.21). A sub-group analysis was performed taking into account the studies dealing with medical curriculum and the assessment methods used. It showed a significant difference between the two groups in favour of non-expert tutors (P<0.05).Conclusion: Even if the results of this meta-analysis couldn’t be conclusive and can’t induce recommendations, they highlighted the tendency of non-expert tutors to be more student-centred. The heterogeneity observed can be decreased by establishing consensual definitions of expertise and assessment tools in further research studies in order to reflect the validity and efficiency of different tutoring styles in active learning methods.

Virtual reality-based medical education versus lecture-based method in teaching start triage lessons in emergency medical students: Virtual reality in medical education

SAMAN BEHMADI; FARIBA ASADI; MARYAM OKHOVATI; ROGHAYE ERSHAD SARABI

Volume 10, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 48-53

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2021.89269.1370

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Introduction: Epidemics such as the recent one, COVID-19, have caused a change in education and its methods. Virtual simulation is one of the types of technology used in medical ... Read More Introduction: Epidemics such as the recent one, COVID-19, have caused a change in education and its methods. Virtual simulation is one of the types of technology used in medical education andrelated sciences. Virtual simulation provides practical and clinical medical education in a safe, cost-effective, reproducible, and flexible learning environment where students can practice over and over in a standard environment. This study was conducted to compare the effect of virtual-based medical education versus lecture-based method in teaching start triage lessons in emergency medical students in educational and medical centers affiliated to Birjand University of Medical Sciences Ferdows, Paramedical School, in 2020.Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study. All 44 students of emergency medicine registered for triage course participated in the study. They were divided into two homogenous groups whichwere matched based on their grade point average. The simple triage and rapid transport (START) triage course was taught in the traditional way- lecture based- from the beginning of the semesterto the middle of the semester; then, the other group (simulationbased) was trained in the second half of the same semester using virtual simulation.Results: The students’ rate of learning was measured by their scores at the end of the course exam in both groups. The mean scores of virtual simulation-based education were slightly higher than those of the lecture-based education, but it was not statistically significant (P>0.05). The students were more satisfied with virtual simulation-based education than the lecture-based and the difference between the mean scores of satisfaction was statistically significant (P>0.05).Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that VR can effectively improve knowledge in undergraduate emergency student’s education, but it was not more effective than traditionaleducational methods. More experimental studies with a larger sample size are needed to confirm that virtual simulation-based education can more effectively improve knowledge in teaching practical lessons such as triage.

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Evaluation of a Guest Lecture on Medical Emergency of Box Jellyfish Envenomation Pathophysiology and First Aid for Medical Students

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The impact of tutor expertise on the students’ scores in active learning methods: a meta-analysis

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Virtual reality-based medical education versus lecture-based method in teaching start triage lessons in emergency medical students: Virtual reality in medical education

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