Climate of Online e-Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic in a Saudi Medical School: Students' Perspective.

Autor: Salih KM; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia.; Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia., Elnour S; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Omdurman Islamic University, Khartoum, Sudan., Mohammed N; Department of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia.; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, wad Madani, Sudan., Alkhushayl AM; Medical Student, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia., Alghamdi AA; Medical Student, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia., Eljack IA; Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia.; College of Medicine, Shendi University, Shendi, River Nile State, Sudan., Al-Faifi J; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia., Ibrahim ME; Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia.; Department of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of medical education and curricular development [J Med Educ Curric Dev] 2023 May 02; Vol. 10, pp. 23821205231173492. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 02 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1177/23821205231173492
Abstrakt: Introduction: The circumstances of the COVID-19 lockdown offered an opportunity to develop remote educational strategies in medical education.
Objectives: To assess medical students' experiences with online e-learning (OeL) satisfaction, intellectual environment, and communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia. A self-administered questionnaire (21 items) was used to evaluate OeL in three domains of satisfaction (nine items), intellectual environment (seven items), and communication (five items). Students from years one to six were invited to fill out the questionnaire form with five-point Likert scale responses. Descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and independent t-test were used to evaluate the association between variables.
Results: Out of 237 participants, 96.6% (158 male and 71 female) responded to the questionnaire. Most students (86.5%) preferred the blackboard for their e-learning. The mean total scores were 30.18 ± 6.9 out of 45 for satisfaction, 19.67 ± 5.4 out of 25 for communication 25.43 ± 5.1 out of 35 for the intellectual environment. Over 50% of the students rated moderate scores on satisfaction and intellectual environment domains. About 85% of the students rated moderate scores in the communication domain. Male students rated higher significant scores than female students for satisfaction (31.3 ± 6.3 vs 27.6 ± 7; P  < .001) and intellectual environment (26.3 ± 4.32 vs 3.5 ± 6.1; P  < .001). There were no significant differences in students' responses to the tested domains related to GPA level. Significantly higher levels of scores for satisfaction (33.3 ± 5.6 vs 28.8 ± 6.9; P  < .001) and communication (21.2 ± 4.5 vs 18.9 ± 5.7; P  = .019) were obtained by clerkship students than pre-clerkship.
Conclusions: Medical students' experiences with e-learning are encouraging, which might be more effective with continuous training programs for students and tutors. Although OeL is an acceptable methodology, further studies are needed to analyze its impact on the target learning outcomes and students' academic achievement.
Competing Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
(© The Author(s) 2023.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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