The impact of learning environment disruption on medical student performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim J Wilkinson ◽  
Anthony N Ali ◽  
Caroline J Bell ◽  
Frances A Carter ◽  
Chris M Frampton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
The Impact

An Exploratory Study of the Online Learning Environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia J. Khanlarian ◽  
Rahul Singh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
It Use ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Improve Student Performance ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Relevant Factors ◽  
Significant Factors

ABSTRACT Web-based homework (WBH) is an increasingly important phenomenon. There is little research about its character, the nature of its impact on student performance, and how that impact evolves over an academic term. The primary research questions addressed in this study are: What relevant factors in a WBH learning environment impact students' performance? And how does the impact of these factors change over the course of an academic term? This paper examines and identifies significant factors in a WBH learning environment and how they impact student performance. We studied over 300 students using WBH extensively for their coursework, throughout a semester in an undergraduate class at a large public university. In this paper, we present factors in the WBH learning environment that were found to have a significant impact on student performance during the course of a semester. In addition to individual and technological factors, this study presents findings that demonstrate that frustration with IT use is a component of the learning environment, and as a construct, has a larger impact than usefulness on student performance at the end of a course. Our results indicate that educators may benefit from training students and engaging them in utility of co-operative learning assignments to mitigate the level of frustration with the software in the WBH learning environment and improve student performance.

scholarly journals Working with Patients with Alcohol Problems: A Controlled Trial of the Impact of a Rich Media Web Module on Medical Student Performance

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1006-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua D. Lee ◽  
Marc Triola ◽  
Colleen Gillespie ◽  
Marc N. Gourevitch ◽  
Kathleen Hanley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
Rich Media ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals USING OF VIRTUAL REALITY TOOLS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STEAM EDUCATION IN GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 87-105
Author(s):  
Nataliia V. Soroko ◽  
Volodymyr M. Soroko ◽  
Manargul Mukasheva ◽  
Mª Matilde Ariza Montes ◽  
Vitalii A. Tkachenko
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Engineering Mathematics ◽  
Steam Education ◽  
The Impact

The article researches the use of virtual reality to support STEAM education in general secondary school. To study the impact of STEAM education, the authors proposed a teaching project for the secondary school about convex mirrors and their importance for special visibility and human safety, where the interviewed teachers were able to learn about a real example of the implementation of STEAM education for teaching their disciplines. The purpose of the article is to analyze the meanings and approaches to the use of virtual reality by teachers for organizing the STEAM-oriented learning environment and to identify the basic requirements to VR for supporting the implementation and development of STEAM education. One of the main trends of education modernization is STEAM education, which involves the integration of the natural sciences, the technological sciences, engineering, mathematics and art in the learning process, in particular, at general secondary schools. In light of the findings, researchers indicate that electronic educational resources (including VR & AR) are not only teaching tools for teachers but also a source of inspiration for students, which motivates and stimulates creative thinking. This is an important point considering that creativity is increasingly an important life skill that can help young people cope with the difficulties and uncertainties in their future careers in the fields of STEAM. Prospects for further research are seen in the creation of a model for assessing student performance in STEAM projects. The authors are planning to take into account the differences and features of the use of virtual reality for learning STEAM in schools in different countries, including Ukraine, Spain and Kazakhstan, when creating a multilevel model of STEAM-oriented learning environment using virtual reality tools. The purpose of the model is to evaluate not only the results of tests taken by students after learning this material but also their personal contribution to the final project product, their leadership skills, creative ideas and suggestions, abilities and skills in using ICT and VR in project research. In our next publications, we will focus on several Spanish and Kazakhstani secondary schools to detect the possible differences found in the use of virtual reality to support STEAM education in Ukrainian schools.

scholarly journals The Impact of Shortened Clinical Clerkships on Medical Student Performance and Clerkship Assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay C. Strowd ◽  
Nicholas Hartman ◽  
Kim Askew ◽  
Andrea Vallevand ◽  
Kim McDonough ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Clinical Clerkships ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Does the Medical Student Performance Evaluation Change the Decision to Invite Residency Applicants?

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 1102-1109
Author(s):  
Terra Thimm ◽  
Christopher Kiefer ◽  
Mara Aloi ◽  
Moira Davenport ◽  
Jared Kilpatrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Program Leadership ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Residency Program Directors ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: Although emergency medicine (EM) residency program directors (PD) have multiple sources to evaluate each applicant, some programs await the release of the medical student performance evaluation (MSPE) to extend interview offers. While prior studies have demonstrated that MSPE content is variable and selectively positive, no prior work has evaluated the impact of the MSPE on the likelihood to invite (LTI) applicants for a residency interview. This study aimed to evaluate how information in the MSPE impacted LTI, with the hypothesis that changes in LTI would be relatively rare based on MSPE review alone. Methods: We conducted a prospective, observational study analyzing applications to three EM residency programs during the 2019-2020 match cycle. Reviewers assessed applications and rated the LTI on a five-point Likert scale where LTI was defined as follows: 1 = definitely no; 2 = probably no; 3 = unsure; 4 = probably yes; and 5 = definitely yes. The LTI was recorded before and after MSPE review. A change in LTI was considered meaningful when it changed the overall trajectory of the applicant’s likelihood to receive an invitation to interview. Results: We reviewed a total of 877 applications with the LTI changing ≥1 point on the Likert scale 160 (18.2%) times. The LTI was meaningfully impacted in a minority of applications – 48 total (5.5 %, p< 0.01) – with only 1 (0.11%) application changing from 1 or 2 (definitely/probably no) to 4 or 5 (probably/definitely yes) and 34 (3.8%) changing from 3 (unsure) to 4 or 5 (probably/definitely yes). Thirteen (1.5%) applications changed from 4 or 5 (probably/definitely yes) to 3 (unsure or probably/definitely no). Conclusion: Review of the MSPE resulted in a meaningful change in LTI in only 5.5% of applications. Given the time required for program leadership to review all parts of the variably formatted MSPEs, this finding supports a more efficient application review, where the PD’s focus is on succinct and objective aspects of the application, such as the Standardized Letter of Evaluation.

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