Use of Learning Media by Undergraduate Medical Students in Pharmacology: A Prospective Cohort Study

The ubiquity of the internet and computer-based technologies has an increasing impact on higher education and the way students access information for learning. Moreover, there is a paucity of information about the quantitative and qualitative use of learning media by the current student generation. In this study we systematically analyzed the use of digital and non-digital learning resources by undergraduate medical students. Daily online surveys and semi-structured interviews were conducted with a cohort of 338 third year medical students enrolled in a general pharmacology course. Our data demonstrate a predominant use of digital over non-digital learning resources (69 ± 7% vs. 31 ± 7%; p 300 pages) (10.6 ± 3.3%), internet search (7.9 ± 1.6%) and e-learning cases (7.6 ± 3.0%). When comparing learning media use of teaching vs. pre-exam self-study periods, textbooks were used significantly less during self-study (-55%; p互联网与计算机技术的普及对高等教育以及学生获取学习信息的方式产生了日益显著的影响。此外，当前学生群体对学习媒介的定量与定性使用情况相关信息仍较为匮乏。本研究系统分析了医学本科生对数字学习资源与非数字学习资源的使用行为。研究针对修读普通药理学课程的338名三年级医学本科生队列开展了每日在线调查与半结构化访谈（semi-structured interviews）。数据显示，数字学习资源的使用占比显著高于非数字学习资源（69 ± 7% 与 31 ± 7%；p 300页），其中（10.6 ± 3.3%）、网络搜索（7.9 ± 1.6%）与电子学习案例（7.6 ± 3.0%）为主要使用类型。当对比授课阶段与考前自学阶段的学习媒介使用情况时，教科书在自学阶段的使用占比显著降低（-55%；p）。