An Insight to Wirtu Model of Interactive Medical Education Platform

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Abstract Body : Teaching-learning models of 21st century mainly focused on active versus passive learning approaches. With newly emerging technologies, it turns out, looking for an alternative model seems robust. During COVID-19 outbreak, a professor was challenged with how to teach-learn under conditions of resource-constrained medical settings. Indeed, the idea was to address the smart generation spending most of their time interacting with the newly emerging social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and so on. Dr.Wirtu@Anatomy & Neuroscience, AMD_2020 conducted a private platform posting experiment to study the mechanisms by which these learning communities wire in and tune out healthy information, that possibly will change with the emerging platforms (WIRTU Model). Cognitive evidence shows processing of sensory/motor information depends on student’s ability to interact with their environment, which in turn, will impact the way information is integrated in the CNS. In Wirtu model, student interactions were measured in terms of direct emotions or perceptions received during the interventions. At the same time, students will also have the chance to interact with medical information through visual, auditory or kinesthetic learning styles. Wirtu model aims to make students' learning experiences as simple as possible in and off classrooms, flattening students' learning curve. This novel method has been tested on 482 members at AMD since March 2020. Wirtu model enabled students to draw, describe, diagnose as well as treat patients’ medical cases using an innovative, interactive and educative Facebook Group Platform. Results show an insight towards significant growth and engagement of students’ learning activities; with reactions, comments, views, clicks or repost sharing. In conclusion, Wirtu model maximized learners’ interactions with case scenarios to be solved, highlighting new insights to transforming medical education systems using a more interactive platform, that can easily be adapted to broader medical curriculum.