Effective strategies to enhance outcomes of laboratory diagnostic skills through blended learning: A policy brief

Khaksar, Mohammadreza; Hesami Arani, Mohsen

doi:10.48307/FMSJ.2025.29.S.688

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Volume 29, Issue 7 (Special Issue 2025)

Feyz Med Sci J 2025, 29(7): 688-693

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Effective strategies to enhance outcomes of laboratory diagnostic skills through blended learning: A policy brief

Mohammadreza Khaksar

, Mohsen Hesami Arani ^*

Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran , hesami.mohsen110@gmail.com

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New technological advances in skills training can provide needed information to community health professionals immediately. In fact, the main goal of this summary was to foster a positive attitude towards blended learning and the use of e-learning and to enhance the capabilities and technical skills of learners. Accordingly, this policy brief has been developed with the aim of identifying effective strategies for increasing productivity in blended training of laboratory diagnostic skills through brainstorming sessions involving university health professionals and relying on valid scientific documentation. Ultimately, six challenges effective in implementing this method and 14 educational strategies and operations effective in establishing laboratory diagnostic skills through blended training were presented. Two strategies were identified as the most important strategies related to the study’s objective: developing and setting a roadmap in consultation with competent and experienced experts in higher education and skills, as well as designing combination learning packages tailored to the current and real needs of society.

Keywords: Blended learning, Laboratory skills training, Diagnostic skills, Health professions education, e-learning packages, Policy brief

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Type of Study: Policy Brief | Subject: General
Received: 2025/11/18 | Revised: 2026/04/13 | Accepted: 2026/01/25 | Published: 2026/03/15

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