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Background/Aim: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a rapidly spreading pandemic all over the World. Social isolation is the most effective prevention option after vaccination. Many habits have changed in our lives due to social isolation during the pandemic. In terms of education, globally, the traditional education system has turned into an online education system. Physiology is a compulsory course that has an important place in health education and is a fundamental science for understanding pathophysiology, health assessment, and pharmacology. With the transition to the online education system, it is necessary to determine the effectiveness of physiology education. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of online education and face-to-face education on students in physiology education and to measure students' satisfaction. Methods: The research was conducted with 916 students studying at 29 universities in different provinces of Turkey through an online survey. This survey was self-designed based on a 3-point Likert scale. The survey was pre-tested on 50 students for standardization. The answers given were grouped under the four titles of Demographic Information, Educational Information, Access to Online Education and Perspective on Online Education in Physiology. The obtained data were interpreted by being subjected to statistical analysis. Results: In the comparison of online education and face-to-face education, the preferences of the students have been face-to-face education. The number of students who consider online education sufficient in understanding physiology lessons, in general, are few (n=242, 26.4%), those who see it incompletely are more (n=367, 40.1%), while 1/3 gave neutral views (n=307, 33.5%). The majority of participants have the opinion that "face-to-face education is more effective in terms of increasing knowledge in physiology education compared to online education" and “It is more difficult for me to focus on physiology courses during online education compared to face-to-face education”. Conclusion: All over World, the education system all over the world has been seriously affected by this COVID-19 pandemic and has continued through alternative learning methods. Online education in physiology is especially advantageous for students as they can attend the courses whenever and wherever they want. On the other hand, in the face-to-face education model, students get more efficiency from Physiology education. Since online education has come to the fore in today's conditions, focusing on the disadvantages of online education and taking the necessary steps to remove these obstacles will positively affect the students' perspective on online education. |
