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The audience response system and knowledge gain: a prospective study.

Alexandra M Tregonning1, Dorota A Doherty, Janet Hornbuckle

  • 1School of Women’s and Infants’ Health, The University of Western Australia, Western Australia. lexie.tregonning@uwa.edu.au

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Summary
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Audience response systems (ARS) in obstetrics and gynaecology lectures improved immediate knowledge gain for medical students. However, this learning benefit disappeared upon retesting five weeks later, indicating no long-term impact.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Educational Technology

Background:

  • An audience response system (ARS) was implemented in medical student obstetrics and gynaecology courses.
  • This provided a method to compare knowledge acquisition between ARS and traditional didactic lecture formats.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the immediate and long-term impact of ARS on medical student knowledge gain.
  • To compare the effectiveness of ARS lectures versus didactic lectures in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Main Methods:

  • The study utilized a four-term design, alternating ARS and didactic formats for selected lectures.
  • Medical students completed multiple-choice quizzes immediately after lectures and again five weeks later.

Main Results:

  • Immediate post-lecture quizzes showed significantly higher scores for ARS lectures compared to didactic lectures (7.5 vs. 6.7, p < 0.001).
  • Specific topics like preterm labor and prenatal diagnosis also demonstrated higher immediate scores with ARS.
  • No significant differences in quiz scores were observed between ARS and didactic lectures at the five-week retest.

Conclusions:

  • Audience response systems may enhance immediate knowledge retention in medical lectures.
  • The observed benefits of ARS on knowledge gain were not sustained at five weeks.
  • Further research is needed to explore methods for improving long-term knowledge retention with ARS.