Abstract
During the COVID-19 epidemic, online teaching was widely used at Nanjing Medical University. Based on the practice, student evaluation surveys were used as the main assessment to analyze the effect of online teaching. Eventually, 826 undergraduates at Nanjing Medical University participated in the questionnaire survey. This study described the present situation of online studying among medical students, and some suggestions were put forward. The survey showed that online education could not replace face-to-face learning, but it presented great potential for application in teaching fields.
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This work was supported by the grant of Project 2020 of the 13th Five-Year Plan of Education Science in Jiangsu Province (D/2020/01/27), Educational Research Project of Nanjing Medical University 2019 (2019 ZD003, key Project), Graduate Education and Teaching Reform Project of Nanjing Medical University 2018 (SPOC Project), Priority Academic Program for the Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (Public Health and Preventive Medicine), and the Top-notch Academic Programs Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (TAPP, PPZY2015A067).
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Qiurun Yu
Qiurun Yu is an undergraduate in the major of preventive medicine at School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University. Her research interests include online learning of medicine.
Lu Liu
Lu Liu is an teacher of School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University. Her research interest is application of new media in college students' teaching.
Qiuqin Tang
Qiuqin Tang is an attending doctor of The Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Her research interests include online teaching of medicine, genetic and epigenetic risk factors of reproductive and developmental health. She has authored over 20 papers in international journals such as EBioMedicine, Clinical Epigenetics, Molecular Human Reproduction, Scientific Reports, and European Journal of Endocrinology. She has collaborated in four books and three patents. She is the Editor–in–Chief of Journal of Woman's Reproductive Health, and editor of many other journals including Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics Forecast.
Wei Wu
Dr. Wei Wu is an Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair in the Department of Toxicology at Nanjing Medical University, China, where he received his Ph.D. in Toxicology in 2012. He was a guest researcher at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) between 2017 and 2018. He is a member of different national and international societies in the fields of human reproduction and toxicology, and has received awards from many national societies for the originality and quality of his projects. He has a wide range of teaching and consulting experience, including in the area of toxicology. His research interests include application of new media technology in teaching, epigenetic mechanisms of transgenerational effects of male infertility induced by endocrine disrupting chemicals, environmental exposure and male reproductive health, genetic and epigenetic risk factors of male infertility and abnormal fetal growth. Prof. Wu has authored 72 peer-reviewed papers in international journals such as EBioMedicine, Clinical Epigenetics, Environment International, Toxicological Sciences, Scientific Reports, Human Reproduction, and Molecular Human Reproduction. He has edited four books and collaborated on nine books, 11 patents and in the organization of three international conferences. He is a reviewer of 90 journals. Prof. Wu serves as the Editor-in-Chief of international scientific journals International Journal of Sexual Health and Reproductive Health Care, and Research International Journal of Endocrinology and Diabetes. Executive Editor of Annals of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Associate Editor of the JSM Invitro Fertilization, and editor of many other journals including Scientific Reports and Medicine.