Faculty and Students' Attitude Toward E-learning

Faculty and Students' Attitude Toward E-learning at the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study

E-learning in medical education is a relatively new idea that is rapidly growing. This study aimed to assess the students and faculty staff attitude for e-learning at the emergence of COVID-19.

A prospective cross-sectional online survey based on Google form was conducted at a medical university in Iraq between March and April 2020

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Medical Education; E Learning
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Survey

Detailed Description

E learning provides education at a generally lower cost and engages learners at a time and location that is most appropriate for them. Recent calls for reform in medical education and training have emphasized the use of information technology-empowered learning. This was enhanced more in the COVID-19 era . Some international organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), have acknowledged e-learning as a helpful tool for healthcare education, particularly in developing countries. Nevertheless, the use of e-learning by the faculty members and students stayed minimum for uploading lecture notes, course books, feedbacks, and providing marks until the COVID-19 pandemic raised that need. This study aimed to evaluate faculty and students' knowledge and attitudes toward e-learning at the emergence of COVID-19 and identify the potential requirements for implementing e-learning.

An online survey was distributed to a sample of 190 faculty and 1706 students of a medical university in Iraq. Knowledge and attitudes towards e-learning were studied

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 1896

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Iraq
  • Kurdistan Region
    • Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, 44001
      • Nazdar Ezzaddin Alkhateeb

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The population is composed of students studying in colleges of Haler Medical University (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, nursing and health science) in addition to faculty staff working in the above-mentioned colleges

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• undergraduate students faculty staff working in Hawler Medical University

Exclusion Criteria:

• Faculty staff who are on leave for study or health purpose

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Knowledge	Students and faculties response collected on their knowledge about e-learning	At the beginning of the study
Attitude	Students and faculties response collected on their Attitude about e-learning	At the beginning of the study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Opinion	faculties and students opinion on alternative ways for assessment	At the beginning of the study

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hawler Medical University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Nazdar E Alkhateeb, PhD, Hawler Medical University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 30, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): June 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 19, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 19, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): February 4, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 4, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 19, 2022
• Last Verified: January 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: COVID-19; Medical Education; E-learning; Students' attitude; Facultys' attitude
• Other Study ID Numbers: 412312022

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No