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New Media Tools Impact on Online, Health Science Students' Academic Persistence and Support: Lessons Learned from Two Pilot Studies
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Armstrong, Shelley N.; Early, Jody O.; Burcin, Michelle M.; Bolin, Kim; Holland, Nicole; No, Sun – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
New media communication tools used in health science education may help enhance student engagement and sense of community, improve retention and persistence, and provide a richer academic experience, but the research is limited on non-traditional online learners. The studies described here therefore, focus on fully online, undergraduate health…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Health Sciences, Medical Education, Computer Mediated Communication
Making Physiology Learning Memorable: A Mobile Phone-Assisted Case-Based Instructional Strategy
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Kukolja Taradi, S.; Taradi, M. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2016
The goal of the present study was to determine whether an active learning/teaching strategy facilitated with mobile technologies can improve students' levels of memory retention of key physiological concepts. We used a quasiexperimental pretest/posttest nonequivalent group design to compare the test performances of second-year medical students (n…
Descriptors: Physiology, Medical Education, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Exploring an Appropriate Instructional Design Model for Continuing Medical Education
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Omrani, Soghra; Fardanesh, Hashem; Hemmati, Nima; Hemmati, Naser – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
Instruction, even when designed and based on sound instructional principles, oftentimes does not stimulate learners' motivation to learn. The result may be that learners may not be motivated to pursue lifelong learning and use the knowledge and skills learned to deliver patient care. The purpose of this study was to identify an appropriate…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Lifelong Learning, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design
A Comparison of Internet-Based Learning and Traditional Classroom Lecture to Learn CPR for Continuing Medical Education
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Hemmati, Nima; Omrani, Soghra; Hemmati, Naser – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to compare the satisfaction and effectiveness of Internet-based learning (IBL) and traditional classroom lecture (TCL) for continuing medical education (CME) programs by comparing final resuscitation exam results of physicians who received the newest cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) curriculum guidelines training…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Guidelines, Medical Education, Foreign Countries
Examining the Use of Distance-Mediated Case Conferencing for Case-Based Training in Clinical Cancer Genetics
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Blazer, Kathleen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Individuals with a cancer-predisposing genetic trait have a lifetime risk to develop cancer approaching 100 percent, and cancer often strikes early in age, before standard recommended cancer screening begins. Identifying hereditary cancer predisposition through genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) allows for intensified measures to prevent…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Medical Education, Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention
Using a Quasi-Experimental Research Design to Assess Knowledge in Continuing Medical Education Programs
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Markert, Ronald J.; O'Neill, Sally C.; Bhatia, Subhash C. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2003
Introduction: The objectives of continuing medical education (CME) programs include knowledge acquisition, skill development, clinical reasoning and decision making, and health care outcomes. We conducted a yearlong medical education research study in which knowledge acquisition in our CME programs was assessed. Method: A randomized…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Skill Development, Research Design, Research Methodology