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[Rheumatology training for medical students. Comparison of learning success and acceptance with virtual vs. real
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120, Halle/Saale, Deutschland, christin@madl-online.de.
Background:
Recently, new teaching methods, such as internet-based e-learning, have gained importance at German universities. At the same time, however, students see fewer patients with rheumatic diseases during their medical education.
Objective:
The aim of the study was to compare the gain of knowledge and the acceptance of the teaching methodology between educational films and patient-related teaching.
Materials And Methods:
Both teaching methods communicated identical facts concerning representative rheumatic diseases. Afterwards, participants had to pass a knowledge test and had to evaluate both teaching methods.
Results:
Patient-related teaching achieved a better increase of knowledge and better results in evaluations than the educational films. The combination of both teaching methods produced better results than any form on its own.
Conclusions:
Educational films are suited to improve the practical teaching. However, the results stress the importance of practical lessons with real-life cases and argue against the reduction of the educational capacity at German universities.
