The effect of offline student conferences on the levels of satisfaction, learning and performance of medical intern students on the basis of the Kirkpatrick’s educational model

Background and Aim: One of the consequences of the Corona virus pandemic was the necessity of using virtual facilities.The use of new technologies has provided a new platform for the education.This study was conducted to determine the level of satisfaction, learning and performance of medical trainees based on Kirkpatrick's model from offline conferences in the internal department of Kurdistan Medical School in 2021.Material and Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study.Total of 74 medical students were included in the study.An offline conference programe was scheduled for the students, and each student was assigned a title to present.The conferences received feedback from professors and peers.The first three levels of Kirkpatrick's model including reaction, learning and behavior were investigated.The relationship between variables was analyzed based on the type of variable.Independent t-tests and oneway analysis of variance were used to compare the difference in mean scores in two-mode (gender) and more than two-mode (percentage of viewing offline conferences) variables.Results: 74 students including 41 males and 33 females were investigated.The mean and standard deviation of their age was 23.98 with a standard deviation of 2.3 years.The results showed that 17 of the students, i.e. 37.7% of the studied participants, had viewed less than 50% of the conferences, 15 of them, i.e. 33.3, had viewed between 50% and 90% of the conferences, and 13 of them, i.e. 28.8%, had seen more than 90% of the conferences.Table 1 shows the mean, standard deviation, and minimum and maximum scores of MCQ and OSCE exams, as well as the participants' satisfaction with holding offline educational conferences.Conclosion: Conducting offline conferences by medical students has been useful and had a positive impact on students' reaction and learning levels.Nevertheless, it is necessary to evaluate its impact on the level of behavior.