Maqbool Shahzaib, Farhan Muhammad, Abu Safian Hafiz, Zulqarnain Iqra, Asif Hamza, Noor Zara, Yavari Mohammad, Saeed Sajeel, Abbas Khawar, Basit Jawad, Ur Rehman Mohammad Ebad
House Officer, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Oct;82:104713. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104713. Epub 2022 Sep 22.
Since the emergence of coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) not only have social and the economical dimension of life been disturbed but it has also shattered educational activities as well. Due to fear of disease spread educational institutes are forced to implement online educational systems to teach their pupils. This study aims to explore the student's perceptions related to E-learning and their positive and negative outcome among medical students in Pakistan and Iran.
: This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted at Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran. This study involved 402 medical students of Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (n = 202), and Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran (n = 200) who were actively involved in the online mode of education. A self-administered validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and chi-square analysis was used and analysis was done through SPSS V.23. A P-value of 0.05 was taken as significant.
A total of 402 students were enrolled, 202 from Pakistan and 200 from Iran. About 68.2% of the students were acquainted with moderate levels of IT skills. About 75.8% of the students were not showing any previous experience with E-learning. The most common advantage of E-learning was the ability to stay at home. The technical problem was the most common disadvantage in our study. Finally, face-to-face learning in terms of increasing knowledge, skill, and social competence was considered the best mode of learning both by Pakistani and Irani students. Country-wise effectiveness of face-to-face learning in terms of increasing knowledge is statistically significant (p-value = 0.019). Acceptance of E-learning is statistically associated with the country of learning (p-value = 0.020). E-learning was rated as enjoyable by 51.5% of the students.
E-learning has its associated advantages and disadvantages as perceived by medical students but still face-to-face learning is considered the most effective form of learning as responded by medical students.
自2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）出现以来，不仅生活的社会和经济层面受到干扰，教育活动也受到了冲击。由于担心疾病传播，教育机构被迫实施在线教育系统来教授学生。本研究旨在探讨巴基斯坦和伊朗医科学生对电子学习的看法及其积极和消极结果。
本横断面问卷调查研究在巴基斯坦拉瓦尔品第的拉瓦尔品第医科大学和伊朗德黑兰的伊斯兰阿扎德医科大学进行。本研究涉及402名医科学生，其中巴基斯坦拉瓦尔品第医科大学202名（n = 202），伊朗德黑兰伊斯兰阿扎德医科大学200名（n = 200），他们积极参与在线教育模式。使用一份经过验证的自填式问卷进行数据收集。采用描述性统计和卡方分析，并通过SPSS V.23进行分析。以P值0.05为有统计学意义。
共招募了402名学生，其中202名来自巴基斯坦，200名来自伊朗。约68.2%的学生具备中等水平的信息技术技能。约75.8%的学生此前没有任何电子学习经验。电子学习最常见的优点是能够居家学习。技术问题是我们研究中最常见的缺点。最后，巴基斯坦和伊朗学生都认为就增加知识、技能和社交能力而言，面对面学习是最好的学习方式。就增加知识而言，按国家划分的面对面学习效果具有统计学意义（p值 = 0.019）。电子学习的接受程度与学习国家具有统计学关联（p值 = 0.020）。51.5%的学生认为电子学习很有趣。
医科学生认为电子学习有其相关的优点和缺点，但面对面学习仍是医科学生认为最有效的学习形式。
