¿Aprender Medicina a distancia?: percepción de estudiantes confinados por la pandemia COVID-19
Author
Brotons, Pedro
Virumbrales Cancio, Montserrat
Elorduy Hernández-Vaquero, Marta
Mezquita Mas, Pau
Graell Martín, Mariona
Balaguer Santamaría, Albert
Publication date
2020-10Alternative title
Perceptions of students confined by the COVID-19 pandemic on distance learning in medicine
ISSN
0034-9887
Abstract
Background: The suspension of face-to-face teaching activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced an abrupt transition to distance learning in Spanish universities. Aim: To know how medical students value distance learning in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: Undergraduate medical students from first to fifth year in Barcelona (Spain) were invited to answer an anonymous online survey about their perceptions and level of satisfaction with virtual learning. Results: Of 483 students invited to the survey, 244 (50.5%) answered it. Respondents from the first and second year rated distance learning as acceptable (mean 3.1) on a Likert scale from 1 to 5. Those from third to fifth years rated distance learning as unsatisfactory (mean 2.7). The best evaluated aspects were synchronous lectures (3.9) and lectures based on cases (3.4). The worst evaluated issues were motivation (2.3), interaction with faculty (2.1), and additional workload (0.7). Conclusions: The perceptions expressed by these students reinforce the importance of facilitating communication, motivation and participation of students in distance learning in Medicine.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
Spanish
Subject (CDU)
378 - Higher education. Universities. Academic study
61 - Medical sciences
Keywords
Estudiants universitaris
Medicina -- Estudiants
COVID-19 (malaltia)
Educació
Teletreball
Estudiantes universitarios
Medicina -- Estudiantes
COVID-19
Educación
Teletrabajo
University students
Medicine -- Students
COVID-19
Education
Telework
Pages
6
Publisher
SciELO
Collection
148;10
Is part of
Revista médica de Chile
Citation
Brotons, Pedro Virumbrales, Montserrat Elorduy, Marta [et al.]. ¿Aprender Medicina a distancia?: percepción de estudiantes confinados por la pandemia COVID-19. Revista médica de Chile, 2020, 148(10), p. 1461-1466. Disponible en: <https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872020001001461&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en>. Fecha de acceso: 15 mar. 2021. DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872020001001461
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