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. 2022 Jun 30;22(1):512.
doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03555-9.

PBL teaching in ultrasonography resident standardization training in the COVID-19 pandemic

Zi-Mei Lin  1 , Yu-Rong Hong  1 , Chun-Mei Liu  1 , Zhi-Yan Luo  1 , Ying Zhang  1 , Xiao-Jie Xie  2 , Pin-Tong Huang  3
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PBL teaching in ultrasonography resident standardization training in the COVID-19 pandemic

Zi-Mei Lin et al. BMC Med Educ. .

Abstract

Objective: To study the effect of the problem-based learning (PBL) method in ultrasonography (US) resident standardization training during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Fifty residents were divided into two groups to participate in a 30-day US training program. The residents in the observation group underwent PBL combined with the lecture-based learning (LBL) method, while the residents in the control group experienced the LBL method alone, with 25 residents in each group. A basic theoretical test, practical examination, and questionnaire were used to evaluate the teaching effect of the PBL + LBL method and the LBL method alone.

Results: The basic theoretical pretest score of the observation group was not significantly different from that of the control group. However, the posttest theoretical score and practical score were significantly higher in the observation group than in the control group (P < 0.01). The results of the questionnaire showed that the resident satisfaction level in the observation group with PBL combined with the LBL method was 96%, which was significantly higher than that of the control group with the LBL method alone (80%) (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: The combination of PBL with the LBL method has obvious advantages over the LBL method alone in regard to the training of US residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; LBL; PBL; Residents; Ultrasound.

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