Student Learning Tool Usage and Preferences in a Medical Microbiology Course

Kisamore, Jennifer; Blewett, Earl L

Student Learning Tool Usage and Preferences in a Medical Microbiology Course

dc.contributor.author	Kisamore, Jennifer
dc.contributor.author	Blewett, Earl L
dc.date.accessioned	2022-02-18T14:39:02Z
dc.date.available	2022-02-18T14:39:02Z
dc.date.issued	2020-07-07
dc.description.abstract	Background: Instructors of Medical Microbiology have developed various tools to help students learn basic properties and principles of infectious agents as related to health and disease. The goal of the current quality improvement study is to assesses student use and preferences among these tools for learning course content. Methods: Students enrolled in Medical Microbiology during spring 2019 completed an anonymous, online survey regarding learning tool use and preferences. Of the 123 students enrolled in Medical Microbiology, 61 (49.6%) completed the survey. Results: Results suggest that of instructor-developed tools, most students used lecture slides alone (75.86%) and streamed lectures (75.86%). Fewer students used course notes (58.62%), in-person lectures (44.83%), and micro board review materials (14.29%). Qualitative responses indicated that students preferred streamed lectures over in-person lectures due to the greater flexibility of streaming lectures given that streamed lectures could be viewed at a time convenient for the student and sped up, slowed down, and replayed depending on the student’s level of understanding of specific topics covered in that lecture. Conclusions: Respondents preferred sources such as lecture slides and streamed lectures that conveyed concepts the instructors deemed to be most important but that also allowed them to learn at their own pace and on their own schedule. Future research is needed to assess whether students’ perceptions regarding the utility of resources match actual effectiveness of knowledge transfer.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Kisamore, J.L., & Blewett, E.L. (2020). Student learning tool usage and preferences in a medical microbiology course: A quality improvement study. Oklahoma State Medical Proceedings, 1(7), e9.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/334639
dc.language	en	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.title	Student Learning Tool Usage and Preferences in a Medical Microbiology Course	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
ou.group	Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Psychology	en_US