Pharmacy Students’ perceptions on distance learning: A case of COVID-19

Year 2024, Volume: 44 Issue: 3, 220 - 227, 01.09.2024

Leyla Yumrukaya , Gizem Nur Altınsoy , Selen Yeğenoğlu

https://doi.org/10.52794/hujpharm.1383787

Abstract

Online distance learning systems gained importance during school closures all over the world after the COVID-19 outbreak. Pharmacy schools in Türkiye were also affected by these changes and educational activities which shifted to online distance education. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the attitudes of pharmacy students concerning distance education during the pandemic regarding their gender, infrastructural issues, having separate rooms, classes, residency areas and the number of theoretical and applied courses. We conducted an online cross-sectional survey. Thus, a total of 380 pharmacy students participated from pharmacy schools in Türkiye. Perceptions of pharmacy students were compared as per their demographical and educational status. Except gender variable, no significant difference was found among the students. Switching to online distance education formed as a response to the crisis in the pandemic. Although student perceptions from different disciplines have been examined in the existing literature, pharmacy students’ perceptions remained limited. Hence, it is important to understand and point out the students’ perceptions of online distance education in pharmacy schools to be prepared for future emergencies.

Keywords

COVID-19, distance education, online education, pharmacy education

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by the Ethical Commission of Hacettepe University (Permit date -no. 14.12.2021-E-35853172-300-00001927469).

Eczacılık Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin Uzaktan Eğitime Karşı Tutumları: COVID-19 Örneği

Abstract

COVID-19 salgınının ardından tüm dünyada okulların kapanması süreci başlamış ve çevrimiçi uzaktan eğitim sistemleri önem kazanmıştır. Türkiye'deki eczacılık fakülteleri de bu değişikliklerden etkilenmiş ve eğitim faaliyetleri çevrimiçi uzaktan eğitim ile yürütülmüştür. Bu çalışmada, eczacılık fakültesi öğrencilerinin pandemi döneminde uzaktan eğitime yönelik tutumlarını cinsiyet, altyapı sorunları, ayrı odaya sahip olma, sınıf, yerleşim bölgesi ile teorik ve uygulamalı ders sayıları açısından değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Kesitsel bir anket çalışması yürütülmüştür. Türkiye'deki eczacılık fakültelerinden toplam 380 eczacılık öğrencisi katılım sağlamıştır. Eczacılık fakültesi öğrencilerinin algıları demografik ve eğitim durumlarına göre karşılaştırılmıştır. Cinsiyet değişkeni dışında öğrenciler arasında istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı bir fark bulunamamıştır. Çevrimiçi uzaktan eğitime geçişin, pandemideki krize bir yanıt olarak şekillendiği bilinmektedir. Mevcut literatürde farklı disiplinlerden öğrenci algıları incelenmiş olsa da eczacılık öğrencilerinin algılarının sınırlı kaldığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu nedenle, gelecekteki acil durumlara hazırlıklı olmak için, eczacılık fakültelerindeki öğrencilerin çevrimiçi uzaktan eğitime ilişkin algılarını anlamak ve ortaya koymak önemli olacaktır.

Keywords

COVID-19, çevirimiçi eğitim, eczacılık eğitimi, uzaktan eğitim

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