Is online pathology education an effective and equitable approach for medical students?

Q2 Social Sciences

Educacion Medica Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI:10.1016/j.edumed.2025.101065

Chaturaka Rodrigo , Simone L. Van Es , Karim Burkhardt , Sophia Champion , Stephanie Dowdell , John Pimanda , Gary Velan , Martin Weber

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Abstract

Introduction

We assessed the performance of two cohorts of Australian medical students who were taught Pathology practical classes online or face-to-face, to see if online teaching creates an inequity in learning.

Methods

All medical students enrolled at the University of New South Wales in 2023 and 2024 were invited. The third-year Pathology practical classes for main campus students were taught face-to-face while students in rural campuses were taught online by the same teachers. All students sat a formative assessment after completing a course with 4 practical classes.

Results and discussion

A total of 328 students (out of 621, 53%) completed the formative assessments of whom 49 (15%) were rural students. There was no statistically significant difference in the average assessment score between the two groups (67% vs. 61.25%, p = 0.073). The learning resources developed by the Pathology Department of the University of New South Wales had likely reduced the inequity of online teaching.

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在线病理学教育对医学生来说是一种有效和公平的方法吗？

我们评估了两组接受在线或面对面病理学实践课程的澳大利亚医科学生的表现，以观察在线教学是否会造成学习上的不公平。方法选取新南威尔士大学2023年和2024年入学的所有医学院学生。主校区的三年级病理学实践课采用面对面授课，而农村校区的三年级病理学实践课由同一位老师在线授课。所有学生在完成四门实践课程后都参加了形成性评估。621名学生中有328名（占53%）完成了形成性评估，其中农村学生49名（占15%）。两组患者的平均评分差异无统计学意义（67% vs. 61.25%, p = 0.073）。新南威尔士大学病理学系开发的学习资源很可能减少了在线教学的不公平。

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Educacion Medica Social Sciences-Education

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2.60

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63 days

期刊介绍： Educación Médica, revista trimestral que se viene publicando desde 1998 es editada desde enero de 2003 por la Fundación Educación Médica. Pretende contribuir a la difusión de los estudios y trabajos que en este campo se están llevando a cabo en todo el mundo, pero de una manera especial en nuestro entorno. Los artículos de Educación Médica tratarán tanto sobre aspectos prácticos de la docencia en su día a día como sobre cuestiones más teóricas de la educación médica. Así mismo, la revista intentará proporcionar análisis y opiniones de expertos de reconocido prestigio internacional.