As a medical student, it is very normal to feel lost, overwhelmed, and confused during the lecture, specially a new concept lecture.

In this study we are trying to prevent these difficulties by helping the students prepare for the lecture by providing them with short online introductions before actual teaching sessions.

OBJECTIVE: To study the effectiveness of short internet-based introduction to difficult concepts (pre-reading) in undergraduate medical education.

1-Meet with the lecturers and ask for objectives and expectations, upon that an introduction would be conducted.

2-Provide medical students of first, second and third years  with these  internet-based introductions before the lecture.

3-These introductions (and in some cases their online links) will be sent to students before the lectures.

4-After applying, surveys would be distributed to students and faculties to seek their feedback and to evaluate effectiveness of the intervention.

We expect:

1-The lecturer to notice a change in the students’ understanding, engagement, and concentration.

2-Correlation with the lecturer prior to the lecture is to avoid any confusion that would happen if we introduce new unnecessary information.

3-Increase retention of information.

• We believe that giving a small introduction, refreshing previous knowledge or introducing new topics in a simplified way, will increase students’ academic performance.​

‘Victory loves preparation’ and these short online introductions can be immensely beneficial to a medical student who has heavy work load and tight schedule to follow.