Programming course for health science as a strategy to engage students during the coronavirus pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorDe la Fuente, Carlos, I
dc.contributor.authorGuadagnin, Eliane Celina
dc.contributor.authorKunzler, Marcos Roberto
dc.contributor.authorCarpes, Felipe P.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T23:52:07Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T23:52:07Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractProgramming is an important skill for different areas of knowledge. While in the past, programming skills were much more related to fields of computer sciences and engineering, today, professionals from different areas benefit from the ability to write codes for different applications. Furthermore, programming stimulates logical thinking, which impacts other personal abilities. Health science students have limited exposure to programming during their studies. Aware of this and considering the prolonged time in social distancing in Brazil due to the SARS-COV2 pandemic in 2020, we organized an outreach course dedicated to teaching introductory concepts of programming for health science students. The activity was developed fully online using the Zoom web conference agent, lasting 12 wk (8 synchronous classes, 15 synchronous hours in total), and attended by 27 undergraduate and graduate students from two different universities. A collaborative problem-based learning and group-learning methodology were developed through asynchronous homework and mainly online synchronous activities. In this article, we describe our approach and provide some suggestions for replicating the course in other universities. We observed that the activities of the outreach course improved programming skills and confidence for most of the students. More importantly, it piqued their interest enough to motivate them to continue to practice writing and testing their programs. We concluded that an outreach course dedicated to programming promoted improvements in programming skills in health science students. Furthermore, the program was an opportunity to keep the students active in science while working from their homes during the pandemic.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1152/advan.00183.2020
dc.identifier.eissn1522-1229
dc.identifier.issn1043-4046
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00183.2020
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/94887
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000630876700009
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final58
dc.pagina.inicio53
dc.revistaAdvances in physiology education
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjecthigher education
dc.subjectproblem-based learning
dc.subjectremote learning
dc.subjectremote teaching
dc.subjectteaching
dc.subject.ods04 Quality Education
dc.subject.odspa04 Educación de calidad
dc.titleProgramming course for health science as a strategy to engage students during the coronavirus pandemic
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen45
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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