Innovative methods in teaching college health education course: A systematic review

نویسندگان

1 Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Science, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran

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چکیده

BACKGROUND: According to the importance of health education and low capabilities andcompetencies of health workers related to health education, designing and providing innovativemethods for teaching health education is necessary, so the study was designed and done with theaim of reviewing articles related to innovative methods in teaching college health education course.METHODS: A review of published articles was done to included innovative methods on college healtheducation course. The study was done by systematically searching appropriate database includingGoogle Scholar, PubMed, and Science Direct by using keywords.RESULTS: Five article present innovative methods for teaching college health education course andsimilar course, these studies were including usage of YouTube, simulation, smart mobile device insocial‑network‑based health education practice and patient feedback by using patient perceptionquestionnaire.CONCLUSIONS: There are a few innovative studies related to college health education course, andsurprisingly there is only one study that used health education models/theories for designing collegehealth education course. Hence, we recommend the development of a comprehensive, systematic,evidence‑based college health education course including mentioned methods for providing healtheducation and similar courses.