An Alternative Attempt at a Fully Online Practical Training in Physiology

VernacularTitle:フルオンラインによる生理学実習代替の試み
Author: Hiromasa SATOH ¹ ; Michio SHIIBASHI ²
Author Information

1. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University
2. Medical Educational Center, Saitama Medical University
Keywords: practical training in physiology; face-to-face practical training; remote practical training; Gagne's nine events of instruction; ARCS model of motivation
From:Medical Education 2023;54(4):400-405
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Saitama Medical School offers practical training in physiology to second-year medical students. Due to the increase in COVID-19 infections, one of the courses, “Nerve Excitation and Conduction” was conducted as remote practical training in 2021. The remote practical training was conducted with the same content as face-to-face practical training. In this course, students watched experimental videos. then they used Zoom and Google Slides to analyze and discuss the reconstructed data which they had obtained the previous year. As a result, the remote practical training provided a uniform training opportunity unlike the face-to-face practical training. Thus, we believe that the learning effectiveness of remote practical training was sufficient, although some improvements are needed. Educational content for fully online practical training is highly useful.