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Boerner, Brian

McMahon, Amber

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University of Nebraska Medical Center DigitalCommons@UNMC EMET Projects College of Medicine Students 2022 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Usage of ECHO360 in Pre-clinical Medical Education Amber McMahon University of Nebraska Medical Center Brian Boerner University of Nebraska Medical Center Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/emet_posters  Part of the Medical Education Commons Recommended Citation McMahon, Amber and Boerner, Brian, "Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Usage of ECHO360 in Pre-clinical Medical Education" (2022). EMET Projects. 32. https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/emet_posters/32 This Poster is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Medicine Students at DigitalCommons@UNMC. It has been accepted for inclusion in EMET Projects by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNMC. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@unmc.edu. ResultsDiscussion & Future DirectionsReferencesImpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the usage of ECHO360 in pre-clinical medical educationAmber McMahon MS4, Brian Boerner MDCollege of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198• Results were organized by Blocks, with data from each individual lecture, as demonstrated in Figure 2• Blocks were assigned 1 to 4 by how early they occurred during the pandemic restrictions, i.e., Block 1 occurred very early in the pandemic whereas Block 4 occurred nearly 10 months into the pandemic• A trend seen through most Blocks and lectures was that the % of students viewing ECHO360 increased during and post-pandemic restrictions, compared to pre-pandemic restrictions• This trend was seen when all Blocks were averaged as well (Figure 1)• While usage patterns were not consistent among all Blocks, often patterns were seen amongst the individual faculty member’s lectures*Lecture 4 in Block 2 (Figure 2) was a case-based discussion, and this could explain the lower ECHO360 utilization overall, as well as lower utilization before and after pandemic restrictions% students viewing % viewing >50% of recordingBlock 1Block 2Block 3Block 4• A possible reason that the usage of ECHO360 continued to increase after pandemic restrictions is that students are better acquainted with virtual resources and have learned how to utilize them to enhance their learning• Another possible reason for increased ECHO360 utilization could simply be that students prefer a more virtual-based lecture setting for learning within medical school• The preference for ECHO360 may be related to the quick pace of learning within medical school and/or the ability to increase speed, fast-forward, rewind and pause ECHO360 in the actual moment of learning• The differences in ECHO360 utilization between faculty and within each individual faculty’s lecture series could be due to several factors including teaching style, lecture material, and lecture timing• This individual faculty data may help guide development of lecture and other study materials, recognizing how frequently virtual learning is being utilized• Future directions could include:• Evaluating trends across all the faculty and their lectures within a Block and then across all Blocks• Evaluating other virtual resources and the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on their utilization during and after pandemic restrictionsMethods• We reviewed ECHO360 usage data from before, during and after pandemic restrictions within Phase 1 of the COM Curriculum at UNMC• Phase 1 involves majority didactics and minimal clinical events• Pandemic restrictions involved lectures being done virtually, whereas pre-pandemic and post-pandemic were in-person lectures• Data was evaluated from 4 different Blocks within Phase 1 of the COM curriculum• Within each Block, data was assessed across one faculty member's lectures• We assessed the % of students viewing the ECHO360 recording; overall % of the recording that was viewed; and the % of students who viewed greater than 50% of the recording• We also observed trends that appeared across all the Blocks and within each individual faculty’s lectures• The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected medical education as it disrupted traditional teaching methods and challenged usage of new and innovative approaches• ECHO360 is an online learning platform that allows for instructors to post recordings of in-person or previously recorded lectures• ECHO360 has been utilized by UNMC’s College of Medicine for many years as a secondary resource allowing students to review lecturesThe purpose of the project was to evaluate the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the usage of ECHO360 during the pre-clinical years within the College of Medicine (COM) at UNMCPurposeBackground29.93442.834.722.651.147.451.840.848.962.6 59.5LECTURE 1 LECTURE 2 LECTURE 3 LECTURE 4pre (2019) During (2020) post (2021)42.9 44.9 44.2248.954 50.361.1 63.464.9LECTURE 1 LECTURE 2 LECTURE 3pre (2019) During (2020) post (2021)96.895.589.286.691.292.893.892.891.8LECTURE 1 LECTURE 2 LECTURE 3pre (2019) During (2020) post (2021)51.957.1 54.95013.417.933.643.3 42.5 40.337.949.2 50 50 48.5LECTURE 1 LECTURE 2 LECTURE 3 LECTURE 4 LECTURE 5pre (2019) During (2020) post (2021)72.294 97.3 93.410091.78087.9 84.290.7100 96.9 93.9 92.498.4LECTURE 1 LECTURE 2 LECTURE 3 LECTURE 4 LECTURE 5pre (2019) During (2020) post (2021)59.545 47.31969.763.6 62.924.273.879.253.816.2LECTURE 1 LECTURE 2 LECTURE 3 LECTURE 4*pre (2019) During (2020) post (2021)91.9 89.862.9 6896.8 95.2 98.887.596.9 93.1 95.771.4LECTURE 1 LECTURE 2 LECTURE 3 LECTURE 4*pre (2019) During (2020) post (2021)61.486 88.9 86.393.5 97.1 95.4 95.890.6 87.581.787.2LECTURE 1 LECTURE 2 LECTURE 3 LECTURE 4pre (2019) During (2020) post (2021)Results: Figure 2Results: Figure 1Conclusion44.576.186.846.782.991.354.582.791.2% STUDENTS VIEWING % RECORDING VIEWED % VIEWING >50% OF RECORDING Averages Over All Blocksprepandemic pandemic postpandemic• Hilburg R, Patel N, Ambruso S, Biewald MA, Farouk SS. Medical Education During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic: Learning From a Distance. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2020;27(5):412-417. doi:10.1053/j.ackd.2020.05.017• Ryan E, Poole C. Impact of Virtual Learning Environment on Students' Satisfaction, Engagement, Recall, and Retention. J Med Imaging Radiat Sci. 2019;50(3):408-415. doi:10.1016/j.jmir.2019.04.005• Dost S, Hossain A, Shehab M, Abdelwahed A, Al-Nusair L. Perceptions of medical students towards online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national cross-sectional survey of 2721 UK medical students. BMJ Open. 2020;10(11):e042378. Published 2020 Nov 5. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042378• Alsoufi A, Alsuyihili A, Msherghi A, et al. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical education: Medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding electronic learning. PLoS One. 2020;15(11):e0242905. Published 2020 Nov 25. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242905• Althwanay A, Ahsan F, Oliveri F, et al. Medical Education, Pre- and Post-Pandemic Era: A Review Article. Cureus. 2020;12(10):e10775. Published 2020 Oct 2. doi:10.7759/cureus.10775The usage of ECHO360 amongst medical students during their Phase 1 education was shown to increase during and after pandemic restrictions. This aligns with data showing increasing utilization of virtual applications during medical education, a phenomenon which may have been further accelerated by pandemic restrictions.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Usage of ECHO360 in Pre-clinical Medical Education

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