Immediate feedback of lectures by smartphones

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Introduction:Lectures are essential formats in dental curriculum. An immediate feedback at the end of a lecture could motivate students and lecturers for improvement. Feasibility and acceptance of a smartphone-based feedback (SBF) were evaluated.Methods:Google forms with six statements and rating scales from total agreement to strongly disagreement were linked with QR-codes. Thirty-eight dental students of the 4 th clinical semester evaluated 8 lectures. Their answers were given immediately and could be discussed. This feedback was compared to the online evaluation at the end of semester. Four lecturers and the participating students answered an evaluation questionnaire about the SBF.Results:One student had technical problems. The acceptance was excellent for students and good for lecturers. Lecturers and students could imagine to evaluate all lectures by SBF. Students are more motivated to discuss the feedback than lecturers. The students are more motivated to use SBF than the online evaluation at the end of semester.Discussion: The feedback statements should be revised in cooperation with students. The required time for the feedback are about 5 minutes, so it could be possible to integrate SBF in selected lectures. The discussion of the evaluation could be compromising for lecturers. SBF gives an individualized feedback and could improve the quality of education.Conclusions:A no cost, immediate, SBF is feasible to integrate in lectures.