Student Experience of Distance Learning During the Sars-cov-2 Pandemic and the Prospects of its Use in A Medical University

Abstract Background. Medical education involves not only mastering a large amount of theoretical knowledge, but also obtaining professional practical and communication skills, which requires intramural education. In the ongoing SARS-COV-2 pandemic, most medical universities had to transform their curriculum to remote education in order to ensure the safety of students and teachers and prevent the spread of SARS-COV-2. In order to improve remote education models and determine the future prospects for its application in medical education, we studied the setbacks and advantages of remote education at a medical university during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic through surveying and academic evaluation. Methods. A survey was conducted amongst 272 first-year students at Sechenov University aged 17 to 23 years (18.47 ± 0.96 years). The work was carried out in February-March 2021 immediately after medical universities switched back to intramural studies, discontinuing remote education, which was introduced previously. The survey to assess student wellbeing, adaptive capabilities, educational preferences and burdens was developed by collaboration between Sechenov University and Moscow State University. Statistical analysis was carried out using RStudio. Results. Almost all medical students possessed digital literacy skills and showed a high level of adaptation to online learning. Teacher technical skills defined successful interaction with students in real time. The main difficulties of remote education included technical difficulties and problems associated with self-discipline and organization of working day regimen that should be taken into account when developing models of online learning. Physical wellbeing became a worrisome factor for many students. Conclusion. Remote education, though efficient in theoretical education, cannot completely replace the traditional intramural education, mainly due to hands-on training requirements. However, in the future, a transition to combined medical education, where digital technologies will find new prospects for application is anticipated..

Medienart:	Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Erschienen:	2022

Enthalten in:	ResearchSquare.com - (2022) vom: 10. Feb. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:	Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:	Sankova, Maria V. [VerfasserIn] Nikolenko, Vladimir N. [VerfasserIn] Litvinova, Tatiana M. [VerfasserIn] Volel, Beatrice A. [VerfasserIn] Oganesyan, Marine V. [VerfasserIn] Vovkogon, Andzhela D. [VerfasserIn] Rizaeva, Negoria A. [VerfasserIn] Sankov, Sergey V. [VerfasserIn] Bulygin, Kirill V. [VerfasserIn] Sinelnikov, Mikhail Y. [VerfasserIn]

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doi:	10.21203/rs.3.rs-1267969/v1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):	XRA035214511