The study of effectiveness of blended learning approach for medical training courses

Abstract EN

Background : Blended learning as a method of learning that includes face to face learning, pure E-learning and didactic learning.

This study aims to investigate the efficacy of medical education by this approach.

Methods : This interventional study was performed in 130 students at different clinical levels participating in class sessions on “congenital adrenal hyperplasia and ambiguous genitalia”.

Sampling was done gradually during 6 months and all of them filled a pretest questionnaire and received an educational compact disk.

One week later, a presence class session was held in a question and answer and problem solving method.

Two to four weeks later, they filled a posttest questionnaire.

Results : There was a significant correlation between pretest and posttest scores and the posttest scores were significantly more than the pretest ones.

Sub-specialized residents had the most and the students had the least attitude towards blended learning approach.

There was a significant correlation between the research samples' accessibility to computer and their attitude and satisfaction to blended learning approach.

Conclusion : Findings generally showed that the blended learning was an effective approach in making a profound learning of academic subjects.