Hybrid Education, an Option for Medical Teaching?
Abstract
With the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an accelerated transition to adapt traditional models to virtuality. This rapid adaptation had advantages and disadvantages. In the landscape of higher education in medicine, it was challenging. The objective of this research was to establish the relevance of hybrid education for medical education, as well as to identify those tools that could translate into a benefit for medical education and to comprehend the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the promotion of hybrid education. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed. 300 students from the Faculty of Medicine of our institution were surveyed. The completion period was six weeks. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics and presented in the form of graphs. 61% of medical students believe that medical education can integrate hybrid education. Respondents considered that there are tools developed for hybrid education that are applicable to medical education. The main limitations include organization of online courses, difficulties related to synchronous classes, and the lack of training courses, where improvements implemented would translate into an effective combination between the traditional and hybrid models. Despite the return to face-to-face education, hybrid education can be a practical option with advantages immediately applicable to traditional teaching.
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