COVID-19: Making the Best out of a Forced Transition to Online Medical Teaching-a Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a decreed confinement in Spain from March until the end of term in June 2020, forcing an abrupt transition to exclusive distance learning in universities. We aimed to describe and analyze the perceptions and experiences of undergraduate medical students and faculty members as a consequence of this educational shift so as to identify the key elements for successful online medical learning.

Methods

A convergent mixed methods design was employed, using both quantitative and qualitative data collected successively through Phase 1: Online teaching follow-up program; Phase 2: Discussion groups (two focus groups and a nominal group with students and faculty, respectively) and a survey of students from first to fifth y

SUBMITTER: Virumbrales M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8864206 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature