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Technology has become the key to a new world of education. Online learning/e learning has become one of the most popular ways of gaining access to an education.

Students in medical school often feel overwhelmed by the excessive amount of factual knowledge they are obliged to learn.

However, learning totally depends on what kind of a learner you are. Before you decide to learn something, understand what your learning style is. It is very important to know yourself and what method best suits and works for you. There are seven learning styles as shown below:

  • Visual (spatial): You prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding.
  • Aural (auditory-musical): You prefer using sound and music.
  • Verbal (linguistic): You prefer using words, both in speech and writing.
  • Physical ((kinesthetic): You prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch.
  • Logical (mathematical): You prefer using logic, reasoning and systems.
  • Social (interpersonal): You prefer to learn in groups or with other people.
  • Solitary (intrapersonal): You prefer to work alone and use self-study.

Once you know what your style is, it is easy for you to decide what works best for you according to your learning style.

 

A recent study showed that continuing medical education (CME) delivered via the internet was highly effective in educating physicians to make evidence-based decisions for their patients.  The study by Linda Casebeer, PhD titled Evidence-based choices of physicians: a comparative analysis of physicians participating in Internet CME and non-participants published in BioMedCentral (BMC), reviewed how the amount of medical education offered through the Internet continues to increase, providing unprecedented access for physicians nationwide and looking at a subset of those courses helped physicians practice evidenced based medicine.

Ultimately, this study is significant because it demonstrated that physicians who participated in varied formats of selected Internet CME activities were more likely, following participation, to make evidence-based clinical choices in response to case vignettes than non-participants. These data support the assertion that Internet CME activities are effective and offer a searchable, credible, available on-demand, high-impact source of CME for physicians.

Since the future of healthcare is moving in the direction of evidence-based care, coupled with comparative-effectiveness research, this study demonstrates that Internet CME can provide a tremendous service for physicians to stay up to date on these kinds of data, and put them into practice effectively, which will improve the outcomes of patients. More collaboration between CME providers, government, academia, and industry is needed to continue making effective Internet and traditional CME that focuses on evidence-based medicine and clinical practice to continue this positive trend.

 

Moreover, both online medical learning and exam books has their own pros and cons-

Learning by Books-

PROs

#1. Its affordable way to learn for most of the people.

#2. Its peaceful way of learning.

#3. Best for self-study habitual people.

#4. You are free to imagine that picture as per intelligence.

CONs

#1. Books could sometimes be complicated to understand or have too much information which makes it difficult for medical students to understand the information given therefore leading to boredom.

Learning by Video/Online materials-

PROs

#1. Its a very easy way of learning logical/difficult topics.

#2. By visual description of the problem you will be able to remember for very long time (stored in LTM/long-term memory)

#3. An easy way to learn new things quicker. Need some knowledge of computer/mobile technology basics.

CONs

#1. Due to continuously sitting in front of PC/Laptop will damage your eyes.

#2. Could be expensive, need a PC/Laptop/Tablet/Mobile device to view desired topics.

#3. All topics are not freely available. so, some may cost to download the tutorials or buy the materials.

 

Overall, the present study demonstrated that an e-learning format is attractive for this population and effective in increasing knowledge. This positive outcome will lead to development of additional modules for learners.

Also, learning by books gives the learner the study mode that they need to adapt in order to engage in their studies and provide productiveness as the leaner wouldn’t, for example, procrastinate whilst using technology or online materials.