Use of Self-Study Resources Among Medical Students-Towards Avoiding Death by PowerPoint.
Medical education
Medical students
PowerPoint
Saudi Arabia
Journal
Medical science educator
ISSN: 2156-8650
Titre abrégé: Med Sci Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101625548
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
Historique:
accepted:
31
05
2023
pmc-release:
01
08
2024
medline:
7
8
2023
pubmed:
7
8
2023
entrez:
7
8
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Reliance on PowerPoint (PPT) slides for self-studying may encourage lower-order cognition due to learning by rote dominating the educational process. On anecdotal evidence, PPT slides have become ubiquitous among Saudi medical students as the chief format of self-study material. We present the scale of the problem in Saudi medical colleges and then discuss the relevant potential implications and remedies. Using a piloted, face-validated, web-based, and self-administered questionnaire, we asked 379 medical students from 22 Saudi medical colleges to answer a few questions related to the use of PPT slides (and other resources) to self-study in preparation for the pediatric course final exam. By far, PPT slides represented the dominant format of self-study resources for most students (
Identifiants
pubmed: 37546211
doi: 10.1007/s40670-023-01810-2
pii: 1810
pmc: PMC10403468
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
825-828Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) under exclusive licence to International Association of Medical Science Educators 2023.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing InterestsThe authors declare no competing interests.
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