Alexis Gonzalez-Donoso; Sergio Jara-Rosales; Mariana Rosemblatt; Mónica Osses; Jaime Padilla-Meza & Carlos Godoy-Guzmán
The importance and relevance of e-learning courses in medicine and health sciences has increased significantly in the last decade. Despite this, there are few published teaching experiences of e-learning histology courses in the literature worldwide. The histology course we designed was structured on the Moodle platform as a learning management system, and the content was proposed in a synchronous (zoom) and asynchronous (recordings) format. We also included the use of free virtual microscopy tools. This study aimed to investigate the impact of an e-learning histology course on the satisfaction and performance of medical, nursing and midwifery students. The sample included 424 Chilean medical, nursing, and midwifery students from two cohorts. A Likert-type survey was administered at the end of the course. We performed exploratory analysis and ordinary least squares regression. In this study, we present a positive experience of an e- learning histology course. Exploratory factor analysis revealed three main factors related to "e- learning satisfaction", "in-person class activities", and "course design and teaching quality". We also found that there was a positive and significant relationship between students' perceptions of the adaptation of the traditional (face-to-face) histology course into an e-learning format and their academic performance. Our study shows that e-learning histology courses that integrate lectures and practical sessions can be a valuable teaching method for learning histology. Curriculum developers and teachers need to consider the limitations and advantages of this type of teaching and incorporate these three factors into the design and assessment of e-learning histology courses.
KEY WORDS: Medical education; Health professions education; E-learning; Histology course; Student satisfaction.
GONZALEZ-DONOSO, A.; JARA-ROSALES, S.; ROSEMBLATT, M.; OSSES, M.; PADILLA-MEZA, J. & GODOY-GUZMÁN, C. Impact of an e-learning histology course on the satisfaction and performance of medical, nursing and midwifery students. Int. J. Morphol., 42(4):1161-1174, 2024.
