The effectiveness of multimedia learning program for medical education learners in faculty of medicine- Taif university

Abstract

Online multimedia are increasingly used in medical education. One of the major problems facing medical students in Taif University is to imagine complex medical concepts. This project aims at developing a multimedia learning program for the students of the medical college-Taif University. The multimedia program provided the access to a variety of medical  multimedia materials to aid the students in learning and understanding complex medical mechanisms. So the project covered eight medical subjects (clinical, histology, pathology, physiology, microbiology, biochemistry, anatomy, and pharmacology). A random sample of medical students from (faculty of medicine-Taif University) has been selected. The participants consist of 52 female students. They use the medical site for two medical modules, through the first and the second semester 1433-1434. After they have finished the modules they answered the three research tools (achievement electronic quiz- attitude towards e-learning in e-format, and the satisfaction of medical multimedia web site in e- format).  The results showed a great response regarding the female student in the satisfaction questionnaire towards the medical-multimedia online learning. They presented about 90 % according to strongly agree. Moreover they presented a high score to the attitude towards medical multimedia learning questionnaire. Furthermore when they applied the achievement quiz .They gained score between (80%-100%). So according to this result we recommended to apply the medical multimedia to all over the medical subjects in the most of medical college in Saudi Arabia.

Key words:

Online learning, Medical multimedia, Learner satisfaction, Learner attitude, Medical education.