Research Article

Perspectives of Students and Tutors on e-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School

Volume: 20 Number: 62 December 31, 2021
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Perspectives of Students and Tutors on e-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School

Abstract

Aim: As a result of the measures taken within the scope of the Covid-19 pandemic, distance education has been started at Manisa Celal Bayar University as well as in other medical schools as of March 2020. The feedback of students and tutors was evaluated in the Problem-Based Learning sessions implemented as distance education (e-PBL) and it was aimed to compare their views on face-to-face PBL sessions held in previous periods.
Methods: As of March 2020, the PBL, which is applied three times a year in Manisa Celal Bayar University Medical Faculty, has started to be done as e-PBL through Microsoft Teams with the introduction of distance education. PBL sessions in small groups in face-to-face training and distance education and accompanied by a tutor were evaluated with feedback. The feedback of the students, 273 PBL and 183 e-PBL received distance education, and 27 PBL and 33 e-PBL tutors were evaluated.
Results: In face-to-face and e-PBL sessions, students scored the highest score in the contribution of group discussion (4.27±0.88, 4.85±0.59). The average score given by tutors to the same question is similar to that of students in face-to-face education (4.90±0.31), while e-PBL is statistically significantly lower (3±92>1.00, p>0.05). In open-ended assessments, students are present in person and during e-PBL sessions; they stated that the guidance of the faculty member is good, encouraging, directs to thinking and research, provides informed learning by discussing a more instructive and clinical subject than theoretical courses, directs them to in-depth research, learns to do accurate and detailed research, discussion and wants more sessions.
Conclusions: In the education, which was revised according to the pandemic conditions at Manisa Celal Bayar University Medical Faculty, the e-PBL sessions implemented with the technical support provided by the faculty management were welcomed by the students and educational routers. However, from the feedback received, it is also emphasized that distance education does not fully meet the location of face-to-face education.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2021

Submission Date

June 22, 2021

Acceptance Date

September 13, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 20 Number: 62

APA
Rahman, S., & Gidener, S. (2021). Perspectives of Students and Tutors on e-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School. Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası, 20(62), 115-122. https://doi.org/10.25282/ted.955327
AMA
1.Rahman S, Gidener S. Perspectives of Students and Tutors on e-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School. Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası. 2021;20(62):115-122. doi:10.25282/ted.955327
Chicago
Rahman, Süheyla, and Sedef Gidener. 2021. “Perspectives of Students and Tutors on E-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School”. Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası 20 (62): 115-22. https://doi.org/10.25282/ted.955327.
EndNote
Rahman S, Gidener S (December 1, 2021) Perspectives of Students and Tutors on e-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School. Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası 20 62 115–122.
IEEE
[1]S. Rahman and S. Gidener, “Perspectives of Students and Tutors on e-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School”, Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası, vol. 20, no. 62, pp. 115–122, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.25282/ted.955327.
ISNAD
Rahman, Süheyla - Gidener, Sedef. “Perspectives of Students and Tutors on E-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School”. Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası 20/62 (December 1, 2021): 115-122. https://doi.org/10.25282/ted.955327.
JAMA
1.Rahman S, Gidener S. Perspectives of Students and Tutors on e-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School. Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası. 2021;20:115–122.
MLA
Rahman, Süheyla, and Sedef Gidener. “Perspectives of Students and Tutors on E-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School”. Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası, vol. 20, no. 62, Dec. 2021, pp. 115-22, doi:10.25282/ted.955327.
Vancouver
1.Süheyla Rahman, Sedef Gidener. Perspectives of Students and Tutors on e-PBL Sessions Implemented in the Covid-19 Pandemic; Example of a Medical School. Tıp Eğitimi Dünyası. 2021 Dec. 1;20(62):115-22. doi:10.25282/ted.955327

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