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Background Self-directed learning (SDL) ability is the basis for cultivating nursing students’ ability to find and solve problems, lifelong learning, and providing high-quality nursing talents for healthcare. The O-AMAS (Objective, Activation, Multi-learning, Assessment, Summary) model adheres to the teaching philosophy of student-centered, result-oriented, combines the advantages of online and offline teaching, enriching teaching resources and learning channels, diversifying teaching and evaluation methods, and emphasizing integrating and applying knowledge conducive to improving students’ SDL ability and achieving teaching objectives. This study explored the course design, practical, and application effects under the O-AMAS effective teaching model in internal medicine nursing to provide a basis and reference for combining effective teaching models with blended teaching in future nursing courses. Methods This study is a self-controlled before-after trial. The participants were 76 nursing undergraduates from Hunan Normal University. This study utilizes the O-AMAS effective teaching model to design internal medicine nursing courses and implement blended online and offline teaching. Main links: The overall course design and application are student-centered, after clarifying macro and micro multi-dimensional learning objectives, with online and offline blended teaching environments activated students’ learning behavior and diversified teachers’ teaching activities, then based on instant and dynamic provide effective feedback; finally, students take the initiate to make a brief and potent summary under the teacher guidance. After the course, a unified assessment of the learning effect of nursing students was conducted, including the evaluation of the SDL ability of nursing students, a final comprehensive evaluation grade, and a teaching satisfaction survey. Results The nursing students’ SDL ability scores are higher than before teaching, and the results were statistically significant ( P  < 0.05). The final average comprehensive evaluation grade of nursing students was 78.38 ± 7.12. More than 96% of the students are satisfied with this course. Conclusion Applying for internal medicine nursing blended teaching integrated with the O-AMAS effective teaching model is conducive to improving nursing students’ SDL ability, academic grades, and teaching satisfaction.

Information-based teaching is a process where the information technologies are actively integrated with the curriculum system, teaching objectives and teaching content. In order to improve the information-based teaching design abilities of teachers, it is of practical significance to study the criteria and methods for evaluating their information-based teaching design abilities under the online and offline blended teaching model. Based on the visualized measurement results of the keyword co-occurrence network, this paper constructed an evaluation indicator system for the information-based teaching design abilities of teachers under the online and offline blended teaching model, and gave the detailed steps of fuzzy comprehensive evaluation. In order to identify the improvements in the information-based teaching design abilities of teachers, it established a neural network prediction model for the information-based teaching design ability set of teachers based on the given evaluation indicator sample time series. At last, the scientificity of the proposed evaluation indicator system was verified through a test, with the prediction results of the model given.

Background Traditional teaching methods for medical imaging experimental courses exhibit limitations that reduce efficacy. This quasi-experimental crossover study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Bridge-In, Objective, Pre-Assessment, Participatory Learning, Post-Assessment, and Summary (BOPPPS) teaching model based on the Hospital Information System (HIS) in teaching medical imaging experimental courses to undergraduate students in a five-year medical imaging programme. Methods 117 medical imaging students who were interning at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University in the academic year 2021–2022 made up the research subjects. During the first semester, the first group was instructed using the BOPPPS teaching model based on HIS, while the second group was instructed using the standard teaching model. The two student groups swapped instructional models in the second semester. After the course, questionnaire surveys and closed-book exams were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction. Results Compared to the group using the traditional teaching model, the BOPPPS teaching model group scored significantly higher on case reading and overall final test outcomes, and this difference was statistically significant (In the first semester, the scores of case reading questions were 39.27 ± 3.39 VS 35.31 ± 2.77, P  < 0.001; the total scores were 77.47 ± 6.61 VS 74.33 ± 4.17, P  = 0.003. In the second semester, the scores of case reading questions were 39.79 ± 3.45 VS 35.47 ± 3.15, P  < 0.001; the total scores were 78.36 ± 5.11 VS 74.53 ± 5.68, P  < 0.001). On multiple-choice questions, however, there was no statistically significant difference in the scores between the standard teaching model group and the BOPPPS teaching model group. Over 80% of the students rated questions 1–9 with a score of 4 or 5, indicating that students’ evaluations of the BOPPPS teaching model in terms of learning efficiency, interest, clinical reasoning ability, and course satisfaction were all consistently positive. Conclusion The HIS-based BOPPPS teaching model has significantly enhanced teaching effectiveness, particularly in case analysis and clinical thinking skills, outperforming traditional teaching methods. It has also effectively increased students’ interest in learning and their satisfaction.

Traditional English teaching model neglects student emotions, making many tired of learning. Machine learning supports end-to-end recognition of learning emotions, such that the recognition system can adaptively adjust the learning difficulty in English classroom. With the help of machine learning, this paper presents a method to extract the facial expression features of students in business English class, and establishes a student emotion recognition model, which consists of such modules as emotion mechanism, signal acquisition, analysis and recognition, emotion understanding, emotion expression, and wearable equipment. The results show that the proposed emotion recognition model monitors the real-time emotional states of each student during English learning; upon detecting frustration or boredom, machine learning will timely switch to the contents that interest the student or easier to learn, keeping the student active in learning. The research provides an end-to-end student emotion recognition system to assist with classroom teaching, and enhance the positive emotions of students in English learning.

Background This study aims to evaluate a novel integrated teaching model for learning the Movement Disorder Society–Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Part III (MDS-UPDRS-III). The model combines self-directed video learning with case-based, in-person teaching. Methods A total of 23 non-expertise neurology residents from Peking Union Medical College Hospital participated the study. The training program comprised four stages: video-based self-learning, a pre-training assessment (Case 1), expert-led offline instruction with case analysis, and a post-training assessment (Case 2). The rating accuracy and scoring errors for individual items were compared before and after the training. A subgroup analyses was conducted to assess the learning outcomes among physicians at different levels. Results The total scoring error decreased significantly after training (median score reduced from 13 to 12, P  = 0.002). Significant improvements were observed in the accuracy of non-tremor items, such as speech, postural stability, and freezing of gait ( p  < 0.05), while the accuracy of certain tremor items declined due to increased case difficulty. Subgroup analysis indicated that participants with little or no prior MDS-UPDRS assessment experience, and junior physicians with 1–5 years of work experience demonstrated the most significant reduction in scoring errors ( p  < 0.05). In contrast, senior or highly experienced physicians showed no substantial improvement. Conclusions The novel integrated teaching model that comprising self-directed video learning and case-based in-person sessions, enhances non-expertise neurology residents’ competency in MDS-UPDRS-III scoring. This approach is particularly beneficial for less experienced clinicians, allowing them to quickly master the scale, and has significant potential for widespread application in neurology training.

Purpose – In recent years there has been growing focus on the innovative and profit generating value of design thinking in a businesses. This attention is also reflected in business education. The basic thesis is that design thinking is particular relavant to entrepreneurship education. The purpose of this paper is to propose a teaching model, named the DesUni model. The model suggests a novel design-oriented approach to entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach – This paper relies on the interfaces between the literatures on entrepreneurship education and design thinking. From reviewing and synthesizing these literatures new insights are offered into how to develop entrepreneurship education through design thinking. Findings – The DesUni teaching model offers a significant shift in paradigm changing the traditional didactic assumptions of entrepreneurship education. It involves a change in curriculum, teaching methods, use of knowledge, teaching style, teacher-student relations, culture, habitat and assessment. Originality/value – The DesUni teaching model offers a unique way to form an entrepreneurship curriculum. This curriculum bridges the discovering of the present with what might be in the future along with that students are collaborating with different stakeholders.

Background/Aim With the pharmaceutical innovation and clinical knowledge updating, the continuing education and on-the-job training are extremely important for improving community pharmacists’ professional competence. Previous training often adopted traditional lecture-based teaching, and the efficacy was limited. The aim of this study is to develop a new strategy for community pharmacist training. Methods Based on the BOPPPS (Bridge-in, Objective, Pre-assessment, Participatory Learning, Post-assessment and Summary) teaching model and workshop method, a continuing on-the-job training program was constructed. Participates were randomly and evenly divided into two groups by random number table method. Twenty-four community pharmacists in total completed all training contents and evaluation components in this study. Twelve pharmacists in experimental group were trained via this new BOPPPS-based workshop, while others still adopted traditional didactic lecture-based approaches. Results After training, quantitative examination combined with clinical pharmacy practice tests were carried out to evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of two training groups. For written exam, the total scores from the BOPPPS-based workshop group (82.67 ± 4.70) was higher than that of traditional lectured-base group (73.75 ± 6.15) ( P  < 0.001). Encouragingly, compared with the results of practical ability assessment from traditional training group (71.75 ± 4.75), the pharmacists receiving BOPPPS-based workshop training presented more excellent performance (78.25 ± 5.03), which displayed statistically significant differences ( P  < 0.01). In addition, an anonymous questionnaire was used to survey trainees’ feelings after completing this continuing education program. The results revealed that the BOPPPS-based workshop can bring a better learning experience than traditional lecture-based training, and the percentages of positive response to each item were more than 91.7%. Conclusions Through multi-dimensional evaluation, it was suggested that our BOPPPS-based workshop achieved desired training effects. Moreover, our research also demonstrated that this strategy had advantages of stimulating inspiration, autonomous learning, team-work spirit and pharmacy practice improvement. It may provide a reference of innovative training method for community pharmacists.

Teacher identity exploration in English language teacher education has taken on a heightened level of significance. Despite extensive research on pre-service English teachers’ initial pedagogical experiences, there remains a notable gap in understanding their transformations during and after teaching practice. To bridge this research gap, this study utilizes a semi-structured interview with 30 Chinese pre-service teachers to obtain deep insights into the shifts in Chinese EFL pre-service teachers’ professional identities before and after their practicum, with a pointed focus on the effects of the intersubjectivity foreign language teaching model (the intersubjectivity FLT model). This model, as investigated in this study, emphasizes collaborative participation, equitable dialogue, multiple integration, and a dynamic classroom environment. With MAXQDA software (v. 2024), thematic analysis revealed critical insights into Chinese EFL pre-service teachers’ identity shifts, driven by the intersubjectivity FLT model. This study finds that teachers transitioned from static authority to adaptable, engaged participants, facilitated by the integration of multiple dialogue and the model’s unifying role in connecting practicum, student feedback, and reflection for cohesive identity development. This study presents implications for refining the theoretical framework within the domain of English teacher education, providing invaluable insights for the professional development of pre-service teachers.

Background Given the characteristics of the rehabilitation therapy specialty and the drawback of the traditional didactic teaching approach, we developed the innovative teaching approach from the students’ perspective using the person–environment–occupation (PEO) model. The new model was developed from the original PEO model to be applied in pedagogical contexts and tailored to the characteristics of an application-oriented specialty, such as rehabilitation therapy. The present study aimed to examine the perceived effectiveness of the PEO innovative teaching model applied to rehabilitation therapy students. Methods A pre–post descriptive study was conducted to compare the perceived effectiveness of the PEO innovative teaching model for two consecutive student cohorts. A purposive sampling method was used to recruit students from two cohorts of junior medical students majoring in rehabilitation therapy in the spring semesters of 2020 and 2021. A questionnaire was developed to evaluate the perceived effectiveness of the PEO innovative teaching model. SPSS version 26.0 was used to perform data analysis. Results A total of 112 students were included in the study and completed both pre- and post-tests. Of 112 received questionnaires, 101 were considered as valid questionnaires after the quality check (effective rate 90.18%). In the 2020 and 2021 cohorts, students rated the PEO innovative teaching model significantly higher than the didactic teaching approach in the following aspects: the teaching content is highly professional and valuable; the course is extensively expounded; the clinical reasoning is strengthened; problem-solving ability is developed; communication skills are improved; and teamwork skills are developed. Conclusion The PEO innovative teaching model was perceived to be an effective teaching strategy to enhance students’ academic performance. In addition, three core skills including clinical reasoning, problem-solving ability, and communication skills were improved by the PEO innovative teaching model.

This meta-analysis summarizes teaching effectiveness studies of the past decade and investigates the role of theory and research design in disentangling results. Compared to past analyses based on the process-product model, a framework based on cognitive models of teaching and learning proved useful in analyzing studies and accounting for variations in effect sizes. Although the effects of teaching on student learning were diverse and complex, they were fairly systematic. The authors found the largest effects for domainspecific components of teaching-teaching most proximal to executive processes of learning. By taking into account research design, the authors further disentangled meta-analytic findings. For example, domain-specific teaching components were mainly studied with quasi-experimental or experimental designs. Finally, correlational survey studies dominated teaching effectiveness studies in the past decade but proved to be more distal from the teaching-learning process.