基于SPOC的流行病学线上线下混合式教学的探索与实践

Exploration and practice of online and offline mixed teaching of epidemiology based on SPOC mode

流行病学是预防医学的基础学科,具有很强的理论性和实践性。新冠肺炎疫情防控阶段,如何提高学生的实践能力,更好地为疾病防控服务是流行病学课程教学改革面临的重要问题。基于小规模限制性在线课程(small private online course,SPOC)概念的线上线下混合式教学是一种新兴的教学模式,目前已在多所高校推广应用。本文结合流行病学课程特点和教学现状,从开展混合式教学的必要性、流行病学SPOC混合式教学实践过程以及教学反思等方面进行了探讨,为流行病学教学改革工作提供参考。

Epidemiology is a basic discipline in preventive medicine, which possesses strong theoretical and practical nature. In current stage in prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic, how to improve the practical ability of students in their competency in disease prevention and control services represents an urgent problem in the teaching reform of epidemiology course. Integrated online and offline instruction based on small private online course(SPOC) is a newly emerged teaching mode, and widely and tentatively applied to class teaching in many higher learning institutions. This paper aims at discussing the necessity of implementing mixed teaching for epidemiology, the process of instruction by SPOC mode and reflections in the teaching based on the property of epidemiology course and teaching status, with an attempt to provide reference for the teaching reform of epidemiology.