Evaluate the effectiveness of a hybrid online and face-to-face off-campus educational program between medical university students and community-dwelling older adults

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K13607
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09050:Tertiary education-related
• Research Institution: Kinjo University
• Principal Investigator: Noguchi Masahiro 金城大学, 医療健康学部, 准教授 (40454243)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 大学教育 / 健康増進 / 地域支援活動 / 社会人基礎力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, while face-to-face community support activities became difficult due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, we conducted online health promotion activities that lasted about one month, and verified the health promotion effects on the local older population and the educational effects on medical university students. The results showed that in terms of the educational effect on the students, the generic skills of the participating students showed a temporary downward trend after the activity. The generic skills do not grow in a linear way, but rather grows while experiencing temporary stagnation and decline, and this activity may have been an experience that led to the growth of the generic skills of working adults. In addition, the health-promoting effects for older adults suggest that even online participation, which is not face-to-face, can improve participants' psychological status and physical activity.

Free Research Field

理学療法学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究はこれまで医療系大学生の医療倫理や臨床技術を学ぶ場であった臨地実習や地域支援活動が、COVID-19の感染拡大で困難となり、オンラインでの体験学習を教育の場として、地域高齢者の健康増進活動とのハイブリッドな効果検証を実施した。現在COVID-19は対面接触を禁止するような状況ではなくなったが、本研究の結果は今後過疎化が進む日本の田舎地方において地域高齢者への新しい健康増進ツールとなり得る可能性があり、大学教育の新しい体験型学習のツールとして活用できる可能性がある。本研究は、対面での活動が困難な状況でもオンラインで同様の教育効果が得られる可能性を提示できた点で有意義であった。