PMID- 34344388
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210805
LR  - 20210807
IS  - 1472-6920 (Electronic)
IS  - 1472-6920 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Aug 4
TI  - Digital learning in medical education: comparing experiences of Malaysian and 
      Japanese students.
PG  - 418
LID - 10.1186/s12909-021-02855-w [doi]
LID - 418
AB  - BACKGROUND: Medical education has undergone a transformation from conventional to 
      digital learning, enabling learning without any time and place restrictions. 
      Nevertheless, the actual trends of usage and its impact on learning motivation 
      among medical students between developed and developing nations are yet to be 
      investigated. Hence, this study compares the effect of digital learning on 
      learning motivation among Malaysian and Japanese medical students in Universiti 
      Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Shiga University of Medical Science (SUMS) 
      respectively. METHODS: A modified Students Motivation towards Science Learning 
      (SMTSL) was used to assess the digital learning usage and learning motivation 
      among 150 UKM and 147 SUMS medical students throughout Year 1 to 5. RESULTS: The 
      frequency of digital learning usage and learning motivation among UKM medical 
      students was significantly higher as compared to SUMS (p < 0.001). Electronic 
      books (e-books) were the most preferred source of digital learning among UKM 
      medical students as compared to SUMS medical students who used research articles, 
      e-books, online courses and videos at similar frequencies. UKM medical students 
      in the clinical phase exhibited a significantly higher learning motivation as 
      compared to preclinical students (p < 0.05) but not among SUMS medical students. 
      CONCLUSION: A suitable learning environment should be developed to encourage 
      digital learning usage among different levels of medical students to enhance its 
      complementary role in medical education and augment the level of motivation among 
      medical students in continuous lifelong learning.
CI  - (c) 2021. The Author(s).
FAU - Jun Xin, L
AU  - Jun Xin L
AD  - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 
      (UKM), Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Ahmad Hathim, A A
AU  - Ahmad Hathim AA
AD  - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 
      (UKM), Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Jing Yi, N
AU  - Jing Yi N
AD  - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 
      (UKM), Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Reiko, A
AU  - Reiko A
AD  - Department of Culture and Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta 
      Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
FAU - Noor Akmal Shareela, I
AU  - Noor Akmal Shareela I
AD  - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 
      (UKM), Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. nasismail@ukm.edu.my.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210804
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Med Educ
JT  - BMC medical education
JID - 101088679
SB  - IM
MH  - *Education, Medical
MH  - Humans
MH  - Japan
MH  - Learning
MH  - Malaysia
MH  - Motivation
MH  - *Students, Medical
PMC - PMC8331216
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Education
OT  - Japan
OT  - Malaysia
OT  - Medical
OT  - Motivation
COIS- All authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/08/05 06:00
MHDA- 2021/08/06 06:00
PMCR- 2021/08/04
CRDT- 2021/08/04 05:41
PHST- 2020/11/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/07/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/08/04 05:41 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/08/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/08/06 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/08/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12909-021-02855-w [pii]
AID - 2855 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12909-021-02855-w [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Med Educ. 2021 Aug 4;21(1):418. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02855-w.