Xiaojing Lu, Wan Zhang, Xuedong Jia, Xiaoyue Bao, Xiaojian Zhang, Jian Kang, Shuzhang Du, Zhao Yin
Exploring the problems and coping strategies of pharmacy internship in large general hospitals in China: from the perspective of preceptors
BMC medical education
increasing use technology education online learning become common teaching method effective online learning undergraduate medical education remains unknown articles aim evaluate whether online learning compared offline learning improve learning outcomes undergraduate medical students five databases four key journals medical education searched using 10 terms boolean combinations 20002017 extracted articles undergraduates knowledge skill outcomes synthesized using random effects model metaanalysis16 3700 published articles identified metaanalyses affirmed statistically significant difference online offline learning knowledge skill outcomes based posttest scores smd 081 95 ci 043 120 p 00001 n 15 comparison result based retention test scores also statistically significant smd 464 95 ci 319 609 p 000001 metaanalyses discovered significant difference using pre posttest score gains smd 303 95 ci 013 413 p 007 n 3 evidence offline learning works better compared offline learning online learning advantages enhance undergraduates knowledge skills therefore considered potential method undergraduate medical teaching