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Students' acceptance of case-based blended learning in mandatory interdisciplinary lectures for clinical medicine and veterinary public health (2021)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Duckwitz, Veronica (WE 16)

Vogt, Lena (WE 16)

Hautzinger, Claudia

Bartel, Alexander (WE 16)

Haase, Sebastian

Wiegard, Mechthild (WE 11)

Doherr, Marcus G. (WE 16)

Quelle

Vet record open

Bandzählung: 8

Heftzählung: 1

Seiten: Artikel e14

ISSN: 2052-6113

Sprache

Englisch

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URL (Volltext): https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vro2.14

DOI: 10.1002/vro2.14

Pubmed: 34322277

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Institut für Tierschutz, Tierverhalten und Versuchstierkunde

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14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 61146
tierschutz@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Background:
In German veterinary education interdisciplinary lectures (ILs) are an important and mandatory part of the curriculum as their merging character builds a useful preparation for the future profession as a veterinarian. These lectures should enable students to work on practically-relevant and interdisciplinary cases, which should ideally be defined jointly by lecturers from different disciplines.

Methods:
In order to give students the opportunity to work on these cases and at the same time have contact with their lecturers and fellow students, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, has converted its former in-class ILs (face-to-face delivery format) into a blended learning format. The mandatory lectures comprise 196 curricular hours and are delivered over the course of three semesters within the veterinary curriculum. The new concept was developed over a period of three academic years and extensively evaluated (old-new-comparison) with regard to its acceptance and compliance with national requirements for interdisciplinary teaching.

Results:
A total of 306 students were asked to evaluate different aspects of the newly implemented format. Overall, more than 79% of the students attending the newly implemented blended learning format responded positively, and the evaluation showed a significant improvement of learning motivation and acceptance when compared to the traditional teaching format.

Conclusion:
The results indicated that blended learning is a suitable option for teaching mandatory ILs in clinical medicine and veterinary public health.