David D'Arienzo, Shiqi Xu, Abeera Shahid, David Meloche, Julie Hebert, Geoffrey Dougherty, Patricia Li, Robert Sternszus
Evaluating the feasibility and outcomes of a resident-led school-based pediatric clinic
Paediatrics & child health
due coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 pandemic undergraduate education shifted towards onlineonly formats april 2020 july 2021 previous research indicated negative effect students competence development remains unclear whether blended learning concepts could provide compensation therefore present study aimed compare pre postpandemic students performance standardized baseline bl final exams fe well associated knowledge gain kg three consecutive undergraduate blended learningbased oral radiology courses c13 ninetyfour students participated two prepandemic semesters october 17july 18 ninetyeight students two postpandemic semesters october 21july 22 pandemic conventional facetoface lectures combined oral radiology platform two years covid19 pandemic additional videobased elearning modules adopted pandemic onlineonly curriculum semester skills kg assessed conducting standardized bl fe students performance bl fe associated kg prepandemic semesters compared postpandemic semesters postpandemic courses students showed significantly lower bl scores whereas kg significantly higher post compared prepandemic semesters 2742 vs 1064 p 0001 respectively fe scores c1 significantly improved pre postpandemic semesters within limitations study lower bl scores confirmed negative effect pandemic competence development blended learning concepts seem compensate effect enable students return prepandemic levels future studies needed assess additional impact videobased elearning modules