Comparison of Online Education and Face-to-face Education in terms of Student Satisfaction in Physiology Education
Abstract
Methods: The research was conducted with 916 students studying at 29 universities in different provinces of Türkiye through an online survey. This survey was self-designed based on a 3-point Likert scale. The survey was applied to 50 students and the questions in the form were finalized according to the answers received. The answers given were grouped under the four titles of Demographic Information, Educational Information, Access to Online Education and Perspective on Online Education in Physiology. The obtained data were interpreted by being subjected to statistical analysis.
Results: In the comparison of online education and face-to-face education, the preferences of the students have been face-to-face education. The number of students who consider online education sufficient in understanding physiology lessons, in general, are few (n=242, 26.4%), those who see it incompletely are more (n=367, 40.1%), while 1/3 gave neutral views (n=307, 33.5%). The majority of participants have the opinion that "face-to-face education is more effective in terms of increasing knowledge in physiology education compared to online education" and “It is more difficult for me to focus on physiology courses during online education compared to face-to-face education”.
Conclusions: The perceived stress level of medical school students who experienced the summative type online exam for the first time was found to be high before and after the exam. Online exam methods will be a field that is frequently applied and developed in the coming years. For this reason, there is a need for more studies in which the factors that cause stress in medical students during online exams are determined.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Hasan Şimşek
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0000-0001-5573-4923
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 31, 2022
Submission Date
July 19, 2022
Acceptance Date
September 8, 2022
Published in Issue
Year 2022 Volume: 21 Number: 65