Chemistry tutoring sessions: educational support program for health sciences students.
Introduction: A high proportion of health sciences students at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) fail the basic chemistry (BC) course and, in some cases, this situation has caused them to lose their status as UNAL students. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a tutoring program in reduc...
| Published in: | Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia Vol. 71; no. 4; pp. 1 - 21 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=177889291&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 177889291 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01200011 78E0 jtl: Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia issn: 01200011 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: oct-dic2023 vid: 71 iid: 4 pid: 12967 pub: Universidad Nacional de Colombia artinfo: ui: 177889291 10.15446/revfacmed.v71n4.103876. ppf: 1 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.1MB tig: atl: Chemistry tutoring sessions: educational support program for health sciences students. aug: au: Layton-Jaramillo, Soraya Elena Moncada, Ligia affil: Universidad de Granada - Faculty of Education Sciences - Department of Didactics of Experimental Sciences - Granada - Spain. Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Bogotá Campus - Faculty of Engineering - Technology for Education and Innovation Research Group - Bogotá D.C. - Colombia. Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Bogotá Campus - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Public Health - Bogotá D.C. - Colombia. su: UNIVERSIDAD Nacional de Colombia EDUCATIONAL support PEER teaching SCIENCE students HEALTH programs TUTORS & tutoring EDUCATIONAL programs sug: subj: UNIVERSIDAD Nacional de Colombia EDUCATIONAL support PEER teaching SCIENCE students HEALTH programs TUTORS & tutoring EDUCATIONAL programs keyword: Academic tutoring Context-based learning (MeSH) Educational Assessment Teaching Method Universities Aprendizaje Basado en el Contexto (DeCS) Evaluación educacional Método de enseñanza Monitorías académicas Universidades ab: Introduction: A high proportion of health sciences students at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) fail the basic chemistry (BC) course and, in some cases, this situation has caused them to lose their status as UNAL students. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a tutoring program in reducing the percentage of health sciences students who fail the BC course at the UNAL. Materials and methods: Holistic research carried out between 2011 and 2018, consisting of four levels and involving the participation of professors and students of the BC course, as well as professors and directors of the health sciences programs offered by the UNAL. At the perceptual level, the problem was described through the quantitative analysis of the academic reports of 1 983 students enrolled in the course from 2009 to 2011. At the apprehensive level, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 5 directors and 8 professors of the different health sciences programs, and a questionnaire was administered to 319 students to analyze the causes and possible solutions to the problem. At the comprehensive level, a tutoring program (designed according to the context-based learning approach), in which 3 050 students participated, was implemented. Finally, at the integrative level, the efficacy of the program was evaluated by comparing, through bivariate analyses, the academic results obtained in the BC course by the 4 545 students enrolled between 2011 and 2018 based on to their participation in the tutoring program. Results: A significant difference in the course failure rate (p=0.000) was observed between students who participated in the tutoring program (18.73%) and those who did not (43.26%). Conclusion: The implementation of the chemistry tutoring program allowed to reduce the failure rate of the BC course among health sciences students at the UNAL. Introducción. Una alta proporción de estudiantes de ciencias de la salud de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) reprueban la asignatura Química Básica (QB), y en algunos casos esta situación les ha hecho perder su calidad como estudiantes de la UNAL. Objetivo. Evaluar la eficacia de un programa de monitorías para disminuir el porcentaje de estudiantes de ciencias de la salud que reprueban la asignatura QB en la UNAL. Materiales y métodos. Investigación holística desarrollada en cuatro niveles entre 2011 y 2018 con la participación de profesores de QB y de estudiantes, docentes y directivos de los programas de ciencias de la salud de la UNAL. En el nivel perceptual se describió la problemática mediante el análisis cuantitativo de los reportes académicos de 1 983 estudiantes desde 2009 hasta 2011. En el nivel aprehensivo se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas a 5 directivos y 8 profesores de los diferentes programas de ciencias de la salud y se aplicó un cuestionario a 319 estudiantes para analizar las causas y posibles soluciones del problema. En el nivel comprensivo se implementó un programa de monitorías (diseñado con base en el enfoque de aprendizaje basado en el contexto) en el que participaron 3 050 estudiantes, y en el nivel integrativo se evaluó la efectividad del programa, al comparar, mediante análisis bivariados, los resultados académicos en la asignatura de los 4 545 estudiantes inscritos entre 2011 y 2018 de acuerdo con su participación en el programa de monitorías. Resultados. Se observó una diferencia significativa en la tasa de pérdida de la asignatura (p=0.000) entre los estudiantes que asistieron a las monitorías (18.73%) y quienes no lo hicieron (43.26%). Conclusión. La implementación del programa de monitorías en química permitió reducir la tasa de pérdida en la asignatura QB de los estudiantes de ciencias de la salud de la UNAL. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia is the property of Universidad Nacional de Colombia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia holder: Universidad Nacional de Colombia dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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