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Aim: Anatomy is the basis for the professional education of nursing and paramedic students. This study was conducted to determine nursing and paramedic students' attitudes towards the anatomy courseproviding through distance learning system and self-efficacy perceptions towards online technologies. Methods: This study, which was a cross-sectional study, was conducted at Bartin University between February 25, 2021 and March 01, 2021, following the end of the 2020-2021 Academic Year, FallSemester. A total of 245 students participated in the study and the participation rate was 65%. A Descriptive Information Form, Anatomy Attitude Scale and the Online Technologies Self-Efficacy Scalewere used to collect the data. Results: Almost half of the participants were nursing students and 69.60% of them were women. Majority of students stated that course content was sufficient. Over the half of the participants stated that theoretical course hours and the laboratory hours were sufficient. A quarter of of the students demands more visual material to be used during the lessons. The content of anatomy and studying methodaffected students' attitudes towards anatomy courses. Additionally, studying method of anatomy affected the perception of self-efficacy towards online technologies. A weak but significant relationship was found between the Attitude Scale Towards Anatomy Course and the Self-Efficacy Scale Towards Online Technologies.Conclusions: As a result of the present study, it has been revealed that adapting the content of anatomy course and learning methods to the distance learning and increasing the technological competence ofnursing and paramedic students is important to make the anatomy course interesting and increase the learning levels of the students. In future studies, it is recommended to develop and test new teachingmethods to improve students' competencies for online technologies, as well as their positive attitudes towards the anatomy course providing through distance learning system. |
