Satisfaction of the Quality of Education and Virtual Education during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Nursing Students of Aja University of Medical Sciences in 2020

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

1 Department of Research and Community Health, School of Nursing, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Emergency Nursing, School of Nursing, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Nursing Management, School of Nursing, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aim: The medical universities face more serious challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aimed to determine the level of satisfaction on the quality of education and virtual education during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis in nursing students of Aja University of Medical Sciences in 2020.
Methods: This cross-sectional study (descriptive-correlation) was conducted at the end of the second semester of 2019-2020. All Aja nursing students were selected by the census method and recruited in the study. Individual characteristics questionnaire, course experience questionnaire (CEQ), and e-learning satisfaction questionnaire were used to collect data.
Results: More than 66% of students were satisfied with the quality of the training course. More than half of the students (56.3%) were relatively satisfied with virtual education. Among individual variables, only students' semester was considered as a predictor of satisfaction with the course (P <0001). There was no significant relationship between the dimensions and the CEQ score with students' academic achievement (P <0.05). All dimensions of the CEQ were significant predictors of students' satisfaction with the course (P <0.0001).
Conclusion: Continuation of education in medical universities in the Covid-19 pandemic to train professional and empowered graduates to reduce the workload of hospitals is one of the main concerns of educational administrators. It is recommended to pay special attention to the quality of these training to introduce, identify and evaluate the experience of successful teaching-learning styles and start the cycle of modification and improvement of the training process even in the Covid-19 pandemic.

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