Remote vs. face-to-face activities in the teaching of renal pathophysiology in the context of social isolation during the early phase of the covid-19 pandemics

Adv Physiol Educ. 2023 Aug 24. doi: 10.1152/advan.00257.2022. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe advent of the COVID-19 pandemic forced medical schools around the world to adopt emergency remote learning as a resort to avoid interruption of courses. However, the effectiveness of online classes as an educational strategy has been questioned by medical educators and students. In a prospective observational study design, students enrolled in a Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology course were exposed to either face-to-face or remote synchronous classes. Students taught online obtained significantly higher mean scores than the group that had in-person classes, both groups assessed with identical exams. Appropriate screening tests suggested that fraud is unlikely to have significantly influenced these results, and that the observed differences in performance reflected increased learning by the remote group. These observations suggest that online classes can help to keep the continuity of Physiology and Pathophysiology courses during periods of social isolation, and may contribute to improve learning under normal conditions.PMID:37615046 | DOI:10.1152/advan.00257.2022
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