Does online learning work better than offline learning in undergraduate medical education? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Autor/Urheber	Leisi Pei; Hongbin Wu
Institution	Taylor & Francis Group
Titel	Does online learning work better than offline learning in undergraduate medical education? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Quelle	In: 1087-2981; doi:10.1080/10872981.2019.1666538; Medical Education Online, Vol 24, Iss 1 (2019)(2019) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1080/10872981.2019.1666538
Schlagwörter	online learning; offline learning; systematic review; meta-analysis; undergraduate medical education (ume); Special aspects of education; Medicine (General)
Abstract	With the increasing use of technology in education, online learning has become a common teaching method. How effective online learning is for undergraduate medical education remains unknown. This article's aim is to evaluate whether online learning when compared to offline learning can improve learning outcomes of undergraduate medical students. Five databases and four key journals of medical education were searched using 10 terms and their Boolean combinations during 2000–2017. The extracted articles on undergraduates' knowledge and skill outcomes were synthesized using a random effects model for the meta-analysis.16 out of 3,700 published articles were identified. The meta-analyses affirmed a statistically significant difference between online and offline learning for knowledge and skill outcomes based on post-test scores (SMD = 0.81; 95% CI: 0.43, 1.20; p < 0.0001; n = 15). The only comparison result based on retention test scores was also statistically significant (SMD = 4.64; 95% CI: 3.19, 6.09; p < 0.00001). The meta-analyses discovered no significant difference when using pre- and post-test score gains (SMD = 3.03; 95% CI: −0.13, 4.13; p = 0.07; n = 3). There is no evidence that offline learning works better. And compared to offline learning, online learning has advantages to enhance undergraduates' knowledge and skills, therefore, can be considered as a potential method in undergraduate medical teaching.
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