Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Medical Student Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,
2 Department of Medical Education, Education and Development Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Recently, medical education has made significant progress, and medical teachers
are trying to find methods that have most impressive effects on learning. One of the useful learning
methods is student active participation. One of the helpful teaching aids in this method is mobile
technology. The present study aimed to determine the effect of sending educational questions through
short message service (SMS) on academic achievement and satisfaction of medical students and
compare that with lecture teaching.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: In an semi‑experimental, two chapters of urology reference book,
Smiths General Urology 17th edition, were taught to 47 medical students of Isfahan University of
Medical Sciences in urology course in 2013 academic year. Kidney tumors chapter was educated
by sending questions through SMS, and bladder tumors part was taught in a lecture session. For
each method, pretest and posttest were held, each consisting of thirty multiple choice questions.
To examine the knowledge retention, a test session was held on the same terms for each chapter,
1 month later. At the end, survey forms were distributed to assess student’s satisfaction with SMS
learning method. Data were analyzed through using SPSS 20.
RESULTS: The findings demonstrated a statistically significant difference between the two learning
methods in the medication test scores. Evaluation of the satisfaction showed 78.72% of participants
were not satisfied.
CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study showed that distance learning through SMS in medical
students could lead to increase knowledge, however, it was not effective on their satisfaction.
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