Enhancing Anatomy Education for First-Year Medical Students Through a Telegram® Channel: a Cross-sectional Study on Learning Augmentation.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 240
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The score of the participants in the summative test
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the effects of Telegram channel on anatomy education for fist year medical students and measure students' reflections on it. The main question it aims to answer is: Telegram channel can enhance Anatomy education to the first year medical students.
Participants (either those prescribed or not prescribed to the Telegram channel) answered an online 20-multiple-choice-questions (MCQs) assessment test (summative test).
详细描述
Ethical Considerations:
Ethical approval for this study was provided by the National University Research Ethics Committee, Khartoum, Sudan on 01/10/2020. The ethical approval number is: NU-REC/11-018/12. All participants consented to participate in the first section of the Google form and written informed consent was obtained from all students who participated in the focus group discussion
Study design and Population:
This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted among first-year medical students at the University of Khartoum enrolled in the thorax module of their Gross Anatomy course. The total population comprised 360 students. Participation in the Telegram channel created for anatomy learning was voluntary, and the students were given the option to subscribe. No sampling was conducted, to ensure that all students had equal access to the benefits of the channel and the investigators did not wish to exclude anyone ethically.
Context and Setting:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •First Year medical students at the University of Khartoum, Sudan and enrolled in the thorax module of their Gross Anatomy course
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
The score of the participants in the summative test
时间窗: 17/11/2020 to 24/11/2020
a Google form containing a 20-multiple-choice-questions (MCQs) assessment test which covered the entire thoracic module. The score has a total of 20 points with 0 is the minimum value and 20 is the maximum value. High score means better outcome
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Mosab Adam
Principal Investigator
University of Khartoum