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Determining the Challenges and Opportunities of Virtual Teaching During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Method Study in the North of Iran Publisher Pubmed



Ghanavatizadeh A1 ; Mahmoudi G1 ; Jahani MA2 ; Hashemi SN3 ; Nikbakht HA2 ; Abbasi M4 ; Darzi A5 ; Soltani SA6
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  1. 1. Hospital Administration Research Center, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
  2. 2. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
  3. 3. Doctorate of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Health Economics and Management, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Babol Education Department, Babol, Iran
  6. 6. Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Source: BMC Research Notes Published:2024


Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the challenges and opportunities of virtual education during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was conducted in 2022–2023 with a mixed method. During the quantitative phase, we chose 507 students from Mazandaran Province medical universities (both governmental and non-governmental) by stratified random sampling and during the qualitative phase 16 experts were collected by purposive sampling until we reached data saturation. Data collecting tools consisted of questionnaires during the quantitative phase and semi-structured interview during the qualitative phase. Data was analyzed using SPSS21 and MAXQDA10. Mean scores of the total score was 122.28±23.96. We found a significant association between interaction dimension and background variables (P < 0.001). The most important privilege of virtual education is uploading the teaching material in the system so that students can access the material constantly and the most important challenge regarding virtual education is lack of proper network connection and limited bandwidth. Virtual education proved to be a suitable alternate to traditional methods of medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic in theoretical topics, we recommend that educational policymakers would take the necessary actions to provide the requirements and facilities needed to improve the quality of virtual education. © The Author(s) 2024.
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