Impact of the COVID-19 national lockdown on pharmacy students’ productivity and their coping strategies in a developing country: An online survey in Nigerian universities
| Autor: | Abubakar Abba, Chukwuemeka S. Nworu, Patrick Ogbonna Chukwu, Maxwell Ogochukwu Adibe, Abubakar Sadiq Abdullahi, Abdulmuminu Isah, Deborah Oyine Aluh, Ebere Mercy Okpara, Nneka Uchenna Igboeli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Service (business)
Medical education 020205 medical informatics business.industry education Pharmaceutical Science Developing country Pharmacy 02 engineering and technology Education Product (business) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Virtual learning environment Social media 030212 general & internal medicine Closure (psychology) business Psychology Productivity |
| Zdroj: | Pharmacy Education. 20:249-259 |
| ISSN: | 1477-2701 1560-2214 |
| DOI: | 10.46542/pe.2020.202.249259 |
| Popis: | Background: The COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria led to a national lockdown that resulted in the suspension of academic activities. Objective: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 national lockdown on pharmacy students’ productivity and their coping strategies. Methods: This study involved the cross-sectional collection of responses from undergraduate students of six Nigerian schools of pharmacy. Data was collected using a structured, validated questionnaire in the form of Google form. The data was entered into a statistical product and service solutions software (SPSS, version-25) for analysis. Results: A total of 808 students responded to the questionnaire. The majority of the students’ responses (757, 93.7%) showed that their reading duration had decreased during the lockdown. The most missed variable during the closure by students was ‘school life’ (303, 37.5%). The use of social media (133, 16.5%) was the most common coping strategy. The majority of the students, 544 (67.3%), agreed to participate in the virtual mode of learning. The cost of data was the main challenge to online learning by the students (288, 36.0%). Conclusion: This study shows that the productivity of pharmacy students decreased during the COVID-19 lockdown. Social media and business activities were the most common coping mechanisms of pharmacy students. Pharmacy students were willing to accept virtual learning despite possible challenges. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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