Comment améliorer la réussite à l’examen d’anatomie en 1re année de bachelier en médecine? Étude de l’impact d’une activité intégrée dans un dispositif hybride de formation

The course of “Introduction to Human Anatomy”
is part of the curriculum delivered to the undergraduated
students (Freshman year) at the Faculty of
Medecine of the University of Liege. The course
is taught in a blending learning mode combining
traditional intructor-led and e-learning activities.
The MCQ 2 test is one of the three components of
the final written exam (which consists of 3 MCQtests). This test requires students to recognize and
identify the organ’s orientation in cross-sections represented
in different spatial views. In our study,
we tried to evaluate how the online training exercises
provided by the instructors team for that particular
ability was appreciated by students and if
students benefited from this type of online activities
to improve their examination results for MCQ
2 test. Further in our research, we asked student
about their perceptions of coherence between the
aims, methods and evaluation of our entire system.
Then this perception has been compared with the
overall score of the exam to look for the present of
correlation elements. We observed that the MCQ 2
test results are significantly better for students who
practiced the new online exercises and for students
having seen the value of this activity. The perception
of consistency or coherence between the objectives,
methods and assessment is not correlated
to the overall score of the student. As conclusion,
we can declare that the new learning scenario proposed
positively enriches the learning environment
for students. It can be easily scaled up for important
groups and accessed at any time by users. It
focusses on specific objectives, is directly linked
to the examination system of the course (MCQ 2)
and also allows developing a competence expertise
related to their future medical profession.