109529 20230914083324.0 doi 10.3390/ijerph19020878 sideral 125901 ART-2022-125901 eng Iguacel, Isabel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-4242-5464 Changing attitudes towards occupational medicine with blended learning methods is possible among medical students in spain: a longitudinal study 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Medical students generally express a low interest in Occupational Medicine. We aimed to assess the attitudes and changes in attitudes of students towards this area after completing a course on Occupational Medicine in two Medical Universities in Spain (Zaragoza and Castilla-La Mancha). The teaching method included blended learning as a model that used online virtual patient platforms (CASUS) and/or EMUTOM, as well as traditional methods such as face-to-face teaching. A total of 526 students (98 of whom attended the University of Castilla-La Mancha) participated during three academic years (2015–2016, 2016–2017 and 2017–2018). The validation of the questionnaire was carried out using reliability, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. For the analysis of internal consistency and discrimination, Cronbach’s alpha was used. The adequacy of the factor analysis was measured by means of KMO, and a correlation matrix was examined by means of Bartlett’s test of sphericity. To identify differences between students before and after completing the course, the Mann–Whitney U-test for independent samples was used. Our results show that despite a negative or neutral attitude towards Occupational Medicine, the acquisition of competences and skills in this area and their training were recognized as fundamental for their future professional performance as doctors in any specialty. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 0.828 2022 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2022 Q2 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2022 Q2 Pollution 2022 Q2 5.4 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Abecia, Begoña Bernal, José Luis Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-3437-2406 Martínez-Jarreta, Begoña Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6469-9189 1006 255 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Enfermería 4001 215 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. 1012 613 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Farmac.Fisiol.y Med.L.F. Área Medicina Legal y Forense 19, 2 (2022), 878 [15 pp.] Int. j. environ. res. public health International journal of environmental research and public health 1661-7827 907048 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109529/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2647758 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109529/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:109529 articulos driver 2023-09-13-11:07:48 ARTICLE