Blended Learning (BL) is proving to be an effective method of teaching within the health professions . However, there are still scarce studies on BL conducted with undergraduate physiotherapy students. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a heart disease BL programme in knowledge, motivation, engagement, design of the programme instructions and learning behaviours in physiotherapy students.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
124
The intervention included face-to-face classes and online resources (Moodle, online syllabus, videos, websites, podcasts, activities, apps, forums, emails, tutoring).
University of Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
CADEQ includes 20 closed-ended questions about medical conditions, risk factors, exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial wellbeing with a single-word answer (yes, no). Total score ranges from 0 to 20 (0=poorest knowledge, 20=best knowledge).
Time frame: 0 weeks
Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
CADEQ includes 20 closed-ended questions about medical conditions, risk factors, exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial wellbeing with a single-word answer (yes, no). Total score ranges from 0 to 20 (0=poorest knowledge, 20=best knowledge).
Time frame: 4 weeks
Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
CADEQ includes 20 closed-ended questions about medical conditions, risk factors, exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial wellbeing with a single-word answer (yes, no). Total score ranges from 0 to 20 (0=poorest knowledge, 20=best knowledge).
Time frame: 8 weeks
Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
CADEQ includes 20 closed-ended questions about medical conditions, risk factors, exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial wellbeing with a single-word answer (yes, no). Total score ranges from 0 to 20 (0=poorest knowledge, 20=best knowledge).
Time frame: 12 weeks
Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire (CADEQ)
CADEQ includes 20 closed-ended questions about medical conditions, risk factors, exercise, nutrition, and psychosocial wellbeing with a single-word answer (yes, no). Total score ranges from 0 to 20 (0=poorest knowledge, 20=best knowledge).
Time frame: 20 weeks
Effect of the Dader Method in Cardiovascular Risk of Patients with Risk Factors or Cardiovascular Disease Questionnaire (EMDADER)
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EMDADER is composed of 10 multiple-choice questions with four answer options on coronary artery disease and risk factors, and two questions to report weight and height. Total score ranges from 0 to 10 (0=poorest knowledge, 10=best knowledge).
Time frame: 0, 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks
Academic Motivation Scale and Attributional Styles Questionnaire
The tool is composed of 24 items, using a 7-point Likert scale: from 1 (totally disagree) to 7 (totally agree). The scale integrates three domains related to learning motivation: Intrinsic Motivation (9 items), Performance Motivation (7 items) and Extrinsic Motivation (7 items). The maximum score is 7. The scale is prepared to add the different items even if they measure different items. They will not be interpreted separately.
Time frame: 4, 8 weeks
Student Engagement Questionnaire
It is a 35-item questionnaire, scored on a five-point Likert scale (1=totally disagree, 5=totally agree). The questionnaire is divided into five dimensions: Intellectual Capabilities (items 1-10), Working Together (items 11-16), Teaching (items 17-25), Teacher-student Relationship (items 26-29), and Student-student Relationship (items 30-35). The maximum score of the questionnaire is 5. The scale is prepared to add the different items even if they measure different items. They will not be interpreted separately.
Time frame: 4, 8 weeks
Community of Inquiry Survey
A 34-item questionnaire, scored on a five-point Likert scale (1=strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree) that includes three dimensions: i) Cognitive Presence (items 1-13), related to the degree to which participants are able to construct meaning and knowledge through continuous communication, reflection, and discussion; ii) Social Presence (items 14-22), related to the ability of participants to identify with the community, communicating and developing interpersonal relationships; iii) Teaching Presence (items 23-34), referring to the design, guidance and direction, on the part of teachers, of cognitive and social processes with the purpose of achieving the result of meaningful learning in students. The maximum score of the questionnaire is 5. The scale is prepared to add the different items even if they measure different items. They will not be interpreted separately.
Time frame: 0, 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks
Learning behaviours (I)
Number of downloads were retrieved and collected from the institution's Moodle platform Virtual ClassroomTM, through class progress
Time frame: 0, 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks
Learning behaviours (II)
Number of topics visited were retrieved and collected from the institution's Moodle platform Virtual ClassroomTM, through class progress
Time frame: 0, 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks
Learning behaviours (III)
The score of questionnaires were retrieved and collected from the institution's Moodle platform Virtual ClassroomTM, through class progress
Time frame: 0, 4, 8, 12 and 20 weeks