Challenges in teaching small animal surgery by web: development, implementation and evaluation of an complementary course / Desafios da educação via web no ensino de clínica cirúrgica de pequenos animais: desenvolvimento, implementação e avaliação de um curso complementar ao presencial

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

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When changes in the educational methodology are the main subject, obstacles and justifications are raised in order to maintain the traditional way. And when changes take place they lay mainly on equipments but not on the procedures and attitude of the educator. A new paradigm must be incorporated, which the professor must change his/hers posture from information transmitter to learn facilitator, the student from passive to active learn responsible agent, and the learning process from general and periodical to an individual and continuous fashion. In this context, we proposed Small Animal Surgery for veterinary medicine undergraduate students in order to assess if the changes in the traditional educational system have a positive impact to the usage of Web-based course complementary and simultaneous to the regular discipline of on learning process of the students in this discipline. The Web-based course was applied for two consecutive years. In the first year, we used the Learning Management System Col 3.1, with required readings, pictures, videos, and group work to solve proposed questions. In the second year, we used the TecnoEduModdle, with emphasis on participation and discussion, mainly using clinical cases to introduce each topic. To support our study, we evaluated the discipline effectiveness and acquired knowledge by the students using a five points scale (Likert scale) questionnaire, also by the comparison of the regular discipline grades between the group of students who took and the ones who did not take the Web-based course. The students who attended the on-line discipline had higher grades then the ones who did not in all exams in both years. However, the grades from the two groups were statistically differences only in the practicum exam and final grade (p<0, 01 and p<0, 05 respectively) of the first year. The questionnaire results demonstrated high levels of discipline functionality, acceptance and effectiveness of the on-line course, although, the second experiment was considered more effective and appreciated by the students. This research indicated that Web-learning could be performed with success, using appropriate strategies, and be incorporated into the veterinary curriculum, adjusting this to the trends of the contemporary education.

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surgery medicina veterinária internet internet educação a distância web-learning veterinary medicine cirurgia

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