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How do “digital natives” learn pharmacology? A prospective cohort study on the use of learning media by undergraduate medical students
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Autoren
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Joanna Gutmann
- Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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Felizian Kühbeck
- Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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Susanne Muehlich
- LMU, München, Germany
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Pascal Berberat
- Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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Martin R. Fischer
- Klinikum der Universität München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, Germany
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Stefan Engelhardt
- Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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Antonio Sarikas
- Technische Universität München, München, Germany
| Veröffentlicht: | 12. März 2015 |
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Background: The omnipresence of the internet and computer-based technologies has an increasing impact on higher education and the way students access information.
Aims: To investigate the use of digital and non-digital learning resources by undergraduate medical students.
Methods: Daily online surveys and semi-structured interviews with 3rd year medical students during a pharmacology course.
Results: Students predominately used digital over non-digital learning resources (69±7% vs. 31±7%; p<0.0001). Most used media for learning were lecture slides (26.8±3.0%), apps (22.0±3.7%) and personal notes (15.5±2.7%), followed by textbooks (>300 pages) (10.6±3.3%), internet search (7.9±1.6%) and e-learning cases (7.6±3.0%). When comparing learning media use of teaching vs. pre-exam self-study periods, textbooks were used significantly less during self-study (-55.2%; p<0.001), while exam questions (+334.2%; p<0.0001) and e-learning cases (+176.2%; p<0.0001) were utilized more.
Conclusions: Both quantitative and qualitative data revealed a high prevalence and acceptance of digital learning resources by undergraduate students in pharmacology, in particular mobile applications.
