Has the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic improved teaching?-Virtual education in otorhinolaryngology from the students' perspective

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BACKGROUND: The Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV‑2) pandemic has significantly changed the education of medical students. Due to the contact restrictions and the associated requirement for distance learning, digital teaching formats had to be implemented within a short period of time. The aim of our work was to analyze student evaluation data for virtual teaching in otorhinolaryngology (ORL) during the SARS-CoV‑2 pandemic and to compare the data with previously obtained evaluation data under face-to-face conditions.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Evaluation data for the block practical courses in winter semester 2020/21 and summer semester 2021, which were carried out in a virtual format with a short face-to-face phase as well as those for the block practical courses from summer semester 2018 to winter semester 2019/20, which had been performed completely in a conventional face-to-face format, were analyzed. The anonymous survey of the students focused on various aspects of the courses such as organization, didactics and learning atmosphere.

RESULTS: Of 16 surveyed categories, 14 (87.5%) showed significantly better evaluation results for the virtual courses compared to the courses carried out previously under face-to-face conditions. This very positive assessment of the digital teaching offer showed no significant change during the course of the pandemic over the period of two semesters.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data show a high acceptance of digital teaching in ORL for students. Even though essential components of the medical education such as teaching on the patient and clinical-practical skills can still only be realized in a face-to-face format, our data suggest that digital elements could also play a role in medical education after the SARS-CoV‑2 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:70

Enthalten in:

HNO - 70(2022), 9 vom: 30. Sept., Seite 655-665

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Hat die SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie die Lehre verbessert? – Virtueller Unterricht im Fach HNO-Heilkunde aus Sicht der Studierenden

Beteiligte Personen:

Krambeck, Alexa [VerfasserIn]
Loth, Andreas G [VerfasserIn]
Leinung, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Syed-Ali, Anwar [VerfasserIn]
Filmann, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Kramer, Sabine [VerfasserIn]
Baumann, Uwe [VerfasserIn]
Stöver, Timo [VerfasserIn]
Diensthuber, Marc [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Course evaluation
Digitization
Distance learning
Journal Article
Medical education

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Date Completed 29.08.2022

Date Revised 16.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00106-022-01192-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342943448