CHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING FACED BY MEDICAL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Objective: To explore perceptions of medical students and faculty, regarding challenges of e-learning they faced, during COVID-19 pandemic. Study Design: Mixed method study (Quantitative and Qualitative - Phenomenological approach). Place and Duration of Study: Army Medical College Pakistan, f...
Guardado en:
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | article |
Lenguaje: | EN |
Publicado: |
Army Medical College Rawalpindi
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v71iSuppl-1.6191 https://doaj.org/article/ecf9398a83a0452b8a7c4a7c699f24fa |
Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
id |
oai:doaj.org-article:ecf9398a83a0452b8a7c4a7c699f24fa |
---|---|
record_format |
dspace |
spelling |
oai:doaj.org-article:ecf9398a83a0452b8a7c4a7c699f24fa2021-12-02T17:52:46ZCHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING FACED BY MEDICAL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIChttps://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v71iSuppl-1.61910030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/ecf9398a83a0452b8a7c4a7c699f24fa2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/6191https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To explore perceptions of medical students and faculty, regarding challenges of e-learning they faced, during COVID-19 pandemic. Study Design: Mixed method study (Quantitative and Qualitative - Phenomenological approach). Place and Duration of Study: Army Medical College Pakistan, from Apr 2020 to Sep 2020. Methodology: A self-made questionnaire, having both qualitative and quantitative elements, was developed after interviews of participants. It was pilot tested, finalized and sent via Google forms. Total 318 students and 6 faculty members responded, data was transcribed verbatim, themes were identified, and qualitative inductive content analysis of participants‟ reports was done. Results: Twenty-seven subthemes were identified by analyzing students‟ and faculty perceptions. They were grouped under five major themes, namely, communicational, technological, institutional, related to educators and students. Conclusion: Despite limiting factors like communication gap, digital refugee faculty teaching digital native students, limited technical support, digital divide and unplanned curricular delivery, e-learning was found to be beneficial in terms of flexibility in timings, improving learners‟ self-efficacy, faculty transformation and gradual acceptance. Moreover, it provided opportunity for hybrid e-curriculum development.Khadija QamarFaiza KiranMuhammad Alamgir KhanSayed Nusrat RazaMaria IramAyesha RaufArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlecovid-19coronavirus infectionsmedical studentspandemicsqualitative researchstudent experiencesstudent perceptionsstudent safetyMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 71, Iss SUPPL-1, Pp 3-9 (2021) |
institution |
DOAJ |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
EN |
topic |
covid-19 coronavirus infections medical students pandemics qualitative research student experiences student perceptions student safety Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 |
spellingShingle |
covid-19 coronavirus infections medical students pandemics qualitative research student experiences student perceptions student safety Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Khadija Qamar Faiza Kiran Muhammad Alamgir Khan Sayed Nusrat Raza Maria Iram Ayesha Rauf CHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING FACED BY MEDICAL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
description |
Objective: To explore perceptions of medical students and faculty, regarding challenges of e-learning they faced, during COVID-19 pandemic.
Study Design: Mixed method study (Quantitative and Qualitative - Phenomenological approach).
Place and Duration of Study: Army Medical College Pakistan, from Apr 2020 to Sep 2020.
Methodology: A self-made questionnaire, having both qualitative and quantitative elements, was developed after interviews of participants. It was pilot tested, finalized and sent via Google forms. Total 318 students and 6 faculty members responded, data was transcribed verbatim, themes were identified, and qualitative inductive content analysis of participants‟ reports was done.
Results: Twenty-seven subthemes were identified by analyzing students‟ and faculty perceptions. They were grouped under five major themes, namely, communicational, technological, institutional, related to educators and students.
Conclusion: Despite limiting factors like communication gap, digital refugee faculty teaching digital native students, limited technical support, digital divide and unplanned curricular delivery, e-learning was found to be beneficial in terms of flexibility in timings, improving learners‟ self-efficacy, faculty transformation and gradual acceptance. Moreover, it provided opportunity for hybrid e-curriculum development. |
format |
article |
author |
Khadija Qamar Faiza Kiran Muhammad Alamgir Khan Sayed Nusrat Raza Maria Iram Ayesha Rauf |
author_facet |
Khadija Qamar Faiza Kiran Muhammad Alamgir Khan Sayed Nusrat Raza Maria Iram Ayesha Rauf |
author_sort |
Khadija Qamar |
title |
CHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING FACED BY MEDICAL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
title_short |
CHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING FACED BY MEDICAL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
title_full |
CHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING FACED BY MEDICAL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
title_fullStr |
CHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING FACED BY MEDICAL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
title_full_unstemmed |
CHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING FACED BY MEDICAL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
title_sort |
challenges of e-learning faced by medical teachers and students during covid-19 pandemic |
publisher |
Army Medical College Rawalpindi |
publishDate |
2021 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v71iSuppl-1.6191 https://doaj.org/article/ecf9398a83a0452b8a7c4a7c699f24fa |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT khadijaqamar challengesofelearningfacedbymedicalteachersandstudentsduringcovid19pandemic AT faizakiran challengesofelearningfacedbymedicalteachersandstudentsduringcovid19pandemic AT muhammadalamgirkhan challengesofelearningfacedbymedicalteachersandstudentsduringcovid19pandemic AT sayednusratraza challengesofelearningfacedbymedicalteachersandstudentsduringcovid19pandemic AT mariairam challengesofelearningfacedbymedicalteachersandstudentsduringcovid19pandemic AT ayesharauf challengesofelearningfacedbymedicalteachersandstudentsduringcovid19pandemic |
_version_ |
1718379204004806656 |