Hossain Koolivand, Mohammad Mahdi Shooreshi, Roya Safari-Faramani, Milad Borji, Meysam Siyah Mansoory, Hedaiat Moradpoor, Masoud Bahrami, Seyyed Mohsen Azizi
Comparison of the effectiveness of virtual reality-based education and conventional teaching methods in dental education: a systematic review
BMC medical education
rapid development multimedia technology student centered flipped classroom model fcm massive open online courses moocs increasingly introduced implemented higher medical education however comparative analyses offline facetoface fcm completely online fcm rarely reported study focused specifically set flipped classrooms prerecorded videos provided class using zhihuishu platform major online course platform team built mooc evaluated teaching effectiveness fcm offline facetoface class online electronic live class medical genetics education questionnaires paperbased oral exams used collect data teaching effects different teaching methods found student satisfaction overall student performance offline fcm group significantly higher completely online teaching group although online fcm allowed students play back review anywhere anytime class students taught offline fcm significantly higher degree knowledge mastery deeper understanding theoretical knowledge better knowledge comprehensive application effects training genetic disease clinical diagnosis treatment skills significantly better capacity scientific research also significantly improved research discussed advantages online courses problems brought using technologies provided insight online teaching practices era internetbased medical education