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标题：The gap between medical faculty’s perceptions and use of e-learning resources
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作者：Kyong-Jee Kim ; Youngjoon Kang ; Giwoon Kim 等
期刊名称：Medical Education Online
电子版ISSN：1087-2981
出版年度：2017
卷号：22
DOI：10.1080/10872981.2017.1338504
摘要：ABSTRACT Background : e-Learning resources have become increasingly popular in medical education; however, there has been scant research on faculty perceptions and use of these resources. Objective : To investigate medical faculty’s use of e-learning resources and to draw on practical implications for fostering their use of such resources. Design : Approximately 500 full-time faculty members in 35 medical schools across the nation in South Korea were invited to participate in a 30-item questionnaire on their perceptions and use of e-learning resources in medical education. The questionnaires were distributed in both online and paper formats. Descriptive analysis and reliability analysis were conducted of the data. Results : Eighty faculty members from 28 medical schools returned the questionnaires. Twenty-two percent of respondents were female and 78% were male, and their rank, disciplines, and years of teaching experience all varied. Participants had positive perceptions of e-learning resources in terms of usefulness for student learning and usability; still, only 39% of them incorporated those resources in their teaching. The most frequently selected reasons for not using e-learning resources in their teaching were ‘lack of resources relevant to my lectures,’ ‘lack of time to use them during lectures,’ and ‘was not aware of their availability.’ Conclusions : Our study indicates a gap between medical faculty’s positive perceptions of e-learning resources and their low use of such resources. Our findings highlight the needs for further study of individual and institutional barriers to faculty adoption of e-learning resources to bridge this gap.
关键词：Medical education ; e; learning ; teaching and learning ; faculty perceptions