Application of Active Teaching Methods in Medical Education

Abstract

Background & objectives: With the emergence of the new disease of COVID-19, it seemed necessary to explore the application of teaching methods to provide methods of study, treatment, prevention, and new medical findings, including the production of drugs and vaccines. This study aims to investigate the application of new teaching methods in medical education, which are rarely used in medical education, to improve the quality of medical education. Method: This research is a comprehensive review study in which related articles were searched and collected using reliable databases such as Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science. After examining teaching approaches, new teaching methods were extracted, and their application in medical science education was studied. Results: Based on the findings of the research, using new teaching methods such as concept maps, team-based, games, and clinical environments, based on the best evidence, electronic and combined in medical science education, can add skills of critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, interpersonal skills, learning and improvement of human resources. Conclusion: Using new teaching methods in medical education can facilitate and deepen learning and knowledge exchange and ultimately increase the achievement of educational goals by increasing learners' motivation, improving the level of learning, group interaction, team decision-making, and better understanding of concepts and problem-solving. In the era of emerging epidemics such as Corona, where even the need to create transnational educational approaches seems necessary, and the field of application of these methods can be expanded and strengthened.