Creating Digital Question Databases: Use of Self-Tests in Teaching Medical Subjects

• Autorzy: Barbara Kołodziejczak , Magdalena Roszak , Anna Ren-Kurc , Andrzej Bręborowicz , Wojciech Kowalewski
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Enhancement of teaching using digital materials is rapidly entering the world of medical studies. Creation of a self-learning environment supported with self-tests is received well, or even enthusiastically, among students. On the other hand, there is a relatively large group of opponents among university teachers, who do not see the need for changes in teaching and testing methodology to be made. This attitude may be surfacing as a result of anxiety connected with implementing new technologies in teaching medical subjects, as well as the belief that implementing new technologies does not have an immediate effect on learning quality. The authors of this article attempt to demonstrate that a thoughtful choice of e-learning platform facilitates the process of implementing online learning and testing aids in medical faculties. The second part of the article presents initial results of studies concerning the efficiency of learning enhanced with self-tests. Our analysis details the results of exams in pathophysiology taken by students of the medical faculty at the Poznan University of Medical Sciences. After the course, an evaluation survey was completed by 195 students concerning the quality of teaching with the use of the OLAT (Online Learning and Training) e-learning portal. It showed that students had positive attitudes toward learning with the use of online materials, particularly with regard to the use of self-tests, which allowed students to check their knowledge independently in exam-like conditions. The article that follows is targeted at those teachers who are interested in implementing a self-study and electronic knowledge evaluation environment for their courses, not necessarily in medical subjects.

• Wydawca: Sciendo
• Czasopismo: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 43
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 211-227

Daty

wydano

2015-12-01

online

2016-01-06

Twórcy

autor

Barbara Kołodziejczak

• Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland

autor

Magdalena Roszak

• Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland

autor

Anna Ren-Kurc

• Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

autor

Andrzej Bręborowicz

• Department of Pathophysiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland

autor

Wojciech Kowalewski

• Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

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DOI

10.1515/slgr-2015-0051