Date of Completion

2024

Document Type

Community Medicine

Degree Name

Doctor of Medicine

Keywords

medical schools, post-pandemic, hybrid learning setup

Abstract

As medical schools navigate the post-pandemic landscape and embrace new learning modalities, a new challenge emerges: maintaining standard quality education while promoting overall student health. In this study, researchers investigated the impact of a 60% and 80% hybrid learning setup on the perceived mental health of DLSMHSI Batch 2025 and 2026 College of Medicine students during the first semester of Year Level 2, A.Y. 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, respectively. An analytical cross-sectional study design and stratified random sampling method was utilized. Data collection was conducted via online Google forms containing a data privacy consent followed by the validated assessment tools: GAD-7, PSS-10, PHQ-8, eHEALS, shortPSQI, and Mini-COPE. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was conducted via Jamovi with a level of significance set to α = 0.05. On average, students under the 60% hybrid setup experienced less anxiety (m=8.70), mental stress (m=19.56), and depression (m=9.23), compared to students under the 80% hybrid setup. Marginal mean differences were noted in terms of all the covariates. In conclusion, a significant difference was found in the mean perceived mental health of students under the 60% and 80% hybrid learning setups, even when controlling for technological literacy, sleep quality, and coping mechanism (p < 0.001). Future research may employ a longitudinal approach and may also conduct exposure-outcome analyses with demographic stratification to further explore the effects of hybrid learning models across demographic subgroups.

First Advisor

Dr. Maria Zenaida Tumambing

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