一个积极学习的框架,教育医学学生关于SARS-CoV-2变种和COVID-19流行病学
Samiksha Prasad1, Amanda J Chase1
1Nova Southeastern University Dr Kiran C Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
MedEdPublish (2016)
|February 11, 2025
概括
一个以团队为基础的学习模块改善了医学学生对SARS-CoV-2变种及其影响的理解. 这种教育方法增强了批判性思维,并整合了关键的科学概念,以改善COVID-19患者教育.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 新出现的严重急性呼吸系统综合征-冠状病毒-2 (SARS-CoV-2) 变种对全球公共卫生构成重大风险,需要持续监测和分类.
- 医疗保健专业人员在为患者提供有关2019年新冠肺炎疾病 (COVID-19) 的教育,解决问题和提供指导方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 医学学生需要对SARS-CoV-2变种的演变和传播有深刻的了解,以有效管理传染病.
研究的目的:
- 为医学学生开发和评估一个以团队为基础的学习 (TBL) 模块,专注于SARS-CoV-2变种.
- 提高学生对病毒病原,遗传突变和变异分类的理解.
- 培养更高层次的思维技能,将基础科学概念应用于与传染病相关的临床场景.
主要方法:
- 一个基于团队的学习 (TBL) 框架在医学院第一年的血液学区内实施.
- 该模块包括一个7个问题的准备保证过程 (iRAT) 和一个4个问题的应用练习 (tRAT).
- 该研究涉及2021-2022学年期间的104名医学学生.
主要成果:
- 学生的成绩显著提高,平均分数从58.8% (iRAT) 增加到85.9% (tRAT).
- 会议后的调查表明,学生对COVID-19变种分类和遗传突变在疾病中的作用有了更好的理解.
- 质量反突出了学生解释家族遗传树和理解变异角色的能力的提高.
结论:
- 该TBL框架有效培养医学学生的更高层次的思维技能.
- 这种教育方法成功地整合了与传染病相关的病毒学,流行病学和病理学概念.
- TBL模块提供了一个可适应的平台,用于讨论新型病毒变种和其他新出现的传染性威胁.
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