EVALUATION OF STUDENTS WHO USED A WEBSITE DIRECTED TO TEACHING HISTOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY: THE LEARNING PROCESS MAY BE BETTER THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS

The use of Internet is wide by undergraduates wherein its impact in teaching and learning is reported in several studies. Institutododelta. com. br is a website that provides information about health and morphology plotted in virtual learning environment. This study aimed evaluate the access to Internet, websites about Histology and Embryology and Institutododelta. com. br website by undergraduates and its impact on approval rating. Thereunto undergraduate of courses from Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), enrolled in discipline of Histology and Embryology was interviewed about their access to Internet, websites about this discipline and Institutododelta. com. br website. The software Bioestat version 5.0 was used to statistical analysis with calculation of value of t student to comparison of access frequency to Internet and to websites about Histology and Embryology and Fisher's exact test to evaluate the approval rating in Histology and Embryology course and the access frequency to the Institutododelta. com. br website and also access frequency in Internet. As results there were seventy seven interviewed. 72.8% affirmed access Internet seven times per week and 97.4% access Institutododelta. com. br website. The access to Internet was higher when compared with access to websites about Histology and Embryology (tvalue = 15.6058, p< 0.0001). There's no statistical difference in approval rating among students who access Institutododelta. com. br website and that who do not access it (p = 1.000). There's no found out association between access frequency to Internet and approval rating (p = 1.000). In conclusion, the access frequency to Internet was elevated wherein the access to Institutododelta. com. br website was not important to undergraduate's approval.