Abdominal injuries: Online team‐based training of senior medical students is preferred over online class‐based training.

Objective: To explore the application and effect of team‐based learning (TBL) based on network platform in teaching surgical abdominal emergency. Methods: A total of 80 fourth‐year medical students from our university's 5‐year clinical medicine program were enrolled. They were randomly assigned to two groups: the control group (n = 40) used the online large class teaching method and the experimental group (n = 40) used the online TBL. The teaching effect of web‐based TBL was evaluated by collecting the subjective evaluation of the experimental group and the objective test results of both groups through a questionnaire. Results: Online TBL was well‐received by most students. More than 80% of them found the teaching method interesting, and more than 90% of them gave a high rating to the improvement of their learning ability with online TBL. The experimental group scored significantly higher than the control group in the objective tests (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The network‐based TBL is preferred by most students. TBL curricula are more conducive to medical student learning and engagement and have better learning outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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