Are There Gender-Dependent Study Habits of Medical Students in Times of the World Wide Web?

This study evaluates how medical students rate the different types of teaching materials and methods available as well as possible gender-specific differences in the use of such materials. In this descriptive, cross-sectional study a questionnaire with short, one-dimensional questions with a 4-step...

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Published in:BioMed Research International pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors: Benditz, A., Pulido, L., Renkawitz, T., Schwarz, T., Grifka, J., Weber, M.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 12/6/2018
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          Benditz, A.
          Pulido, L.
          Renkawitz, T.
          Schwarz, T.
          Grifka, J.
          Weber, M.
        affil: Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach, Kaiser-Karl-V-Allee 3, 93077 Bad Abbach, Germany
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          Gender Role
          Students, Medical Psychosocial Factors
          Teaching Materials, Clinical Utilization
          Learning Styles
          Teaching Methods, Clinical
          Human
          Descriptive Research
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Questionnaires
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Surveys
          Instrument Construction
          Academic Medical Centers
          Orthopedic Surgery Education
          Electronic Books
          Female
          World Wide Web
          Female
      ab: This study evaluates how medical students rate the different types of teaching materials and methods available as well as possible gender-specific differences in the use of such materials. In this descriptive, cross-sectional study a questionnaire with short, one-dimensional questions with a 4-step Likert scale was developed by a presurvey within 493 students (4th year) at a University Medical School (January-December 2015). The anonymous survey was performed from July 2016 to February 2017 with 252 students within an orthopaedic surgery course at University Medical School. After exclusion of (1) nonnative speakers and (2) incomplete forms, 233 samples were included. Practical education was regarded as the most important (n=160/68.7%) teaching method followed by Internet research (n=147/63.1%) as the most important teaching material, while traditional frontal teaching (n=19/8.2%) and e-books (n=11/4.7%) ranked last. The evaluation of gender-specific differences in the use of teaching materials showed that female students prefer to highlight text (p<0.0001) as well as a trend to Internet research (p=0.053) and small-group teaching (p=0.057). Despite some gender-specific differences, traditional learning methods retain their importance besides new learning possibilities such as Internet research.
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