Factors Influencing Preclinical Medical Students' Satisfaction in Blended Learning Environment

Research has accelerated the integration of digital tools like the Rain Classroom platform into clinical medical education, leading to a study examining factors influencing preclinical medical students' satisfaction with hospital teachers' instruction in a blended learning context at a Chinese medical college. The study analyzed 278 teaching evaluations and found that class size negatively correlated with students' satisfaction. Smaller class sizes and specialized courses enhanced satisfaction, while instructor characteristics such as gender, age, degree, experience, and title did not influence students' satisfaction.

Key Takeaways:

• The study analyzed 278 teaching evaluations from preclinical medical students at a Chinese medical college.
• The students anonymously assessed clinicians through an online teaching evaluation system across three domains: Professionalism, Pedagogical skills, and Learning outcomes.
• Internal consistency was verified, with a total score reliability of 0.95.
• Class size negatively correlated with all scores, with a stronger correlation for Pedagogical skills (rho = -0.210, p = 0.05).
• Smaller class sizes and specialized courses enhanced satisfaction in Rain Classroom-based blended learning.
• Instructor characteristics like gender, age, degree, experience, and title did not influence students' satisfaction.

Statistics:

• The study analyzed 278 teaching evaluations.
• The online teaching evaluation system assessed clinicians across three domains: Professionalism (30 points), Pedagogical skills (40 points), and Learning outcomes (30 points).
• The internal consistency of the evaluation system was verified, with a total score reliability of 0.95.
• The correlation between class size and scores was significant, with a rho of -0.186 and p = 0.002 for Professionalism.

Sources:

• Frontiers in Psychology, 2025,16, "Factors influencing preclinical medical students' satisfaction with hospital teachers' instruction in a blended learning environment integrating the Rain Classroom platform in China." (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1621120)
• Health & Medicine Week, August 15, 2025, p 6014, "Researchers at Second Affiliated Hospital Target Psychology (Factors influencing preclinical medical students' satisfaction with hospital teachers' instruction in a blended learning environment integrating the Rain Classroom platform in China)."