PRO591: THE IMPACT OF THE VENTILATORY APPLICATION ON UPM MEDICAL STUDENTS REGARDING ITS PERCEIVED USEFULNESS

Azmah Sa'at Universiti Putra Malaysia

It can be difficult to understand the respiratory module, especially in relation to the ventilatory cycle. Medical students studying the Respiratory Module can download the Ventilatory app to help with their understanding of the ventilatory cycle. A quiz with 5 multiple-choice questions, a 2D animation of the ventilatory cycle graph, and an augmented reality lung simulation are all provided in the application. The University of Putra Malaysia developed this entirely from scratch. Ventilatory differs from other applications like "Respiratory System Anatomy" and "Respiratory System" in the Google App Store since it incorporates augmented reality (AR) for the anatomy of the lung. There is also graphic information about the physiological ventilatory function of the lung. A study was done among medical students at Universiti Putra Malaysia, specifically targeting year one to year five students. The poll received responses from a total of 170 participants. The Ventilatory application was found to be user-friendly by a majority of 96.4% of the medical students. According to a majority of medical students (94.8%), the materials were deemed comprehensible. The software's most noteworthy advantage is that 98.9% of medical students thought it was helpful for learning about the respiratory system. According to the findings, a significant majority of the students (95%) indicated that their capacity to concentrate was enhanced as a result of the intervention. This improvement in focus subsequently led to enhanced comprehension and visualisation of the respiratory system. The findings from the research conducted on the Ventilatory application suggest that the integration of this software into the medical curriculum holds the potential to yield significant advantages in the acquisition of knowledge pertaining to the respiratory system. Subsequent evaluations of the application have the potential to enhance the quality of teaching imparted to medical students.