Attitudes and concerns of undergraduate university health sciences students in Croatia regarding complete switch to e-learning during COVID-19 pandemic: a survey

Autor: Diana Aranza, Dalibor Cavic, Ana Haramina, Nataša Skitarelić, Livia Puljak, Sanja Zoranić, Marta Čivljak, Dijana Majstorovic, Marijana Neuberg, Kata Ivanišević, Snježana Mališa, Dinko Klinec, Štefica Mikšić, Jasna Mesarić
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Male
Students
Medical
020205 medical informatics
E-learning (theory)
lcsh:Medicine
02 engineering and technology
0302 clinical medicine
General satisfaction
BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita
Surveys and Questionnaires
Pandemic
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
030212 general & internal medicine
Response rate (survey)
lcsh:LC8-6691
General Medicine
covid-19
Female
Coronavirus Infections
Psychology
Research Article
Education
Medical
Undergraduate
Adult
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Croatia
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Pneumonia
Viral
education
SARS-COV-2
Education
Education
Distance
Betacoronavirus
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
medical education
e-learning
survey
health sciences
Humans
Pandemics
Medical education
Academic year
lcsh:Special aspects of education
lcsh:R
BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Public Health and Health Care
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Attitude
Computer-Assisted Instruction
Biomedical sciences
Zdroj: BMC Medical Education, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
BMC Medical Education
Volume 20
Issue 1
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-020-02343-7
Popis: Background Croatia has closed all educational institutions after 32 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were confirmed and switched to exclusive e-learning. Health sciences university students may have been particularly affected with this change due to a lack of practical education. It is not known how health sciences students and schools have adjusted to exclusive e-learning. This study aimed to explore attitudes and concerns of health sciences students in Croatia regarding the complete switch to e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Eligible participants were students from 9 institutions offering university-level health sciences education in Croatia enrolled in the academic year 2019/2010, and participating in e-learning. Data were collected with a questionnaire distributed via email during April/May 2020. Results A total of 2520 students (aged 25.7 ± 7.7 years) responded to the questionnaire (70.3% response rate). General satisfaction with exclusive e-learning was rated with average grade of 3.7 out of 5. Compared with previous education, exclusive e-learning was rated with average grade of 3.2 out of 5. Compared to classroom learning, equal or higher motivation to attend exclusive e-learning was reported by 64.4% of participants. With a longer duration of exclusive e-learning, equal or higher motivation was reported by 65.5% of participants. Less than half of the students indicated they felt deprived or concerned due to the lack of practical lessons. Most participants indicated that in the future, they would prefer to combine classic classroom and e-learning (N = 1403; 55.7%). Conclusions Most health sciences students were satisfied with the exclusive e-learning, as well as their personal and institutional adjustment to it. Students’ feedback can help institutions to improve the exclusive e-learning experience for students in the time of the pandemic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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