Unleashing potential: evaluating the effectiveness of the BOPPPS teaching strategy in Chinese urology education

Abstract

Introduction: The BOPPPS teaching strategy has gained popularity in medical education in China as a more effective and practical pedagogy. However, its impact on knowledge acquisition and clinical skills in urology education has not been comprehensively evaluated. This study seeks to assess the effectiveness of the BOPPPS strategy in comparison to traditional lecture-based learning (LBL) during clinical internships in Chinese urology education, utilizing meta-analysis for verification. Methods: A cohort of 96 clinical medicine students from Xijing Hospital, engaged in clinical practice at the Department of Urology from September 2022 to June 2023, were stratified into two groups and exposed to identical teaching materials. The experimental group (n=48) was instructed using the BOPPPS model, while the control group (n=48) adhered to traditional instructional methods. Data on student satisfaction and self-assessment of the course were collected through a questionnaire, and end-of-course performance was evaluated through a post-study examination. We used meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the BOPPPS teaching strategy compared to LBL teaching in surgery-related medical education. Results: The experimental group, which received instruction using the BOPPPS teaching model, achieved significantly higher scores in theoretical knowledge assessments and clinical practical skills compared to the control group. Additionally, the experimental group demonstrated greater levels of interaction with both teachers and students, with instructors displaying a higher ability to foster independent thinking among students. Furthermore, the teaching process in the experimental group was found to utilize classroom time more efficiently in comparison to the control group. And we confirmed that the BOPPPS model demonstrated a greater capacity to stimulate student interest in urology and improve their overall proficiency by meta-analysis. Discussion: The BOPPPS model exhibits superior efficacy in clinical teaching of urology, thus warranting consideration for wider adoption and dissemination. © © 2025 Zhang, Gan, Zuo, Han, Shi, Wang, Zhang, Jiang, Wang and Li.

Keywords

Author Keywords

education BOPPPS meta analysis traditional lecture-based learning (LBL) urology visual reality (VR)

Index Keywords

adult China female human male medical education Article young adult medical student scoring system observational study cohort analysis BOPPPS model model urology

Author Affiliations

College of Educational Technology, Northwest Normal University China, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, School of Education, Lanzhou City University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Academic Affairs Office, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Medical Affairs Office, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

School of Public Health, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, Beijing, China

Department of Urology, Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Department of Urology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China

Funding & Acknowledgements

National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences, NPOPSS

The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study was supported by the National Social Science Foundation \u201C13th Five-Year Plan\u201D 2020 general subject of education \u201C\u2018Internet +\u2019 to promote the innovative development of smallscale schools in western rural path and strategy research (No. BCA200085), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; Nos. 82202933, 82201774 and 82270973). Teaching Research Project of The Fourth Military Medical University, 2024 (No. 2024YB36).

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Unleashing potential: evaluating the effectiveness of the BOPPPS teaching strategy in Chinese urology education

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