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Tytuł:
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Medical students' acceptance and perceptions of e-learning during the Covid-19 closure time in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah.
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Autorzy:
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Ibrahim NK; Community Medicine Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Epidemiology Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. Electronic address: .
Al Raddadi R; Community Medicine Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
AlDarmasi M; Community Medicine Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Al Ghamdi A; Community Medicine Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Gaddoury M; Community Medicine Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
AlBar HM; Community Medicine Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Ramadan IK; Community Medicine Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Źródło:
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Journal of infection and public health [J Infect Public Health] 2021 Jan; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 17-23. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 05.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Original Publication: Oxford : Elsevier, 2008-
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MeSH Terms:
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Adaptation, Psychological*
COVID-19*
SARS-CoV-2*
Students, Medical/*psychology
Computer-Assisted Instruction ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Education, Medical, Undergraduate ; Egypt ; Female ; Humans ; Internet ; Male ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: Acceptance; Barriers; Covid-19; Digital e-learning; ElAM; Enablers; Pandemic; Perception
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20201220 Date Completed: 20210205 Latest Revision: 20231110
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Update Code:
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20240105
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PubMed Central ID:
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PMC7836241
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DOI:
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10.1016/j.jiph.2020.11.007
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PMID:
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33341480
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Background: Nowadays, there is a paradigm shift in medical education. This shift occurred following the Covid-19 crisis. The world uses digital e-learning to support the public health response to this pandemic. The study's objective was to determine the medical students' acceptance and perceptions of e-learning during the Covid-19 closure time in Jeddah.
Methods: A cross-sectional, web-based study was done among 340 medical students from King Abdulaziz University, 2020. A standardized, electronic, self-administered, Google Form data collection sheet was distributed. It included the E-learning acceptance measure (ElAM) containing three constructs, namely: tutor quality (TQ), perceived usefulness (PU), and facilitating conditions (FC). The sheet also inquired about the students' perceptions of the benefits, enablers, and barriers to e-learning. Descriptive, inferential statistics and multiple linear regression analyses were applied.
Results: Blackboard and Zoom were the most preferred Learning Management Systems (LMS) by our medical students. The mean score of ElAM was 102.82 ± 24.102. Better achievers obtained significantly (P < 0.001) higher scores in all ElAM constructs. About three-fifths of the students confirmed that e-learning substituted classical on-campus learning and was an adaptable, and less time-consuming method. The educator's good e-learning skills, the subject, instructional design, interaction, motivation, and good LMS were agreed as enablers of e-learning. However, most students accepted that clinical teaching is the most challenging learning outcome and that exams could be affected by low internet quality.
Conclusion: Medical students moderately accepted e-learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic closure time. More training of the students and tutors, better designing e-courses, more interaction, motivation, and blended learning are recommended.
(Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
