The Use of Blended Teaching in Higher Medical Education during the Pandemic Era

Objective. This study aims to compare the effect of blended teaching and traditional teaching in higher medical education during the pandemic era. Methods. Taking the teaching of neurology as an example, 293 Yangzhou University Clinical Medicine 2016 undergraduate students were selected as the research subjects, and were randomly divided into 2 groups a blended teaching group (n = 148) and a traditional teaching group (n = 145), and received blended teaching and traditional teaching, respectively. The blended teaching was based on a Massive Open Online Course, problem-based learning, and case-based learning and supplemented by Tencent video conferences, QQ messaging groups, and other auxiliary teaching tools. At the end of the course, the teaching effect and satisfaction rate were evaluated through theory assessment, practical skills assessment, and an anonymous questionnaire survey. Results. There were significant differences in theoretical achievements (81.83 ± 6.23 vs 76.79 ± 6.87, P