College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
BMC Med Educ. 2023 May 26;23(1):389. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04340-y.
Due to the 2019 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) precaution, educational systems and learners' practices from all specialties have been negatively affected, especially university students. COVID-19 has a massive effect on the practice of allied health students. The students' hospital exposure has been severely affected by the cancelation of the clinical practice. This study aims to investigate the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical practice of respiratory therapy students in different universities around Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Analytical cross-sectional online questionnaire was distributed from August 2021 to November 2021 to respiratory therapy students. The study's sampling technique was non-probability consecutive, and the calculated sample size was 183 participants. The survey contained questions to identify the clinical exposure of the participants. The participants included RT students in their clinical training years from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, and Batterjee Medical College in Jeddah. The survey evaluated the effects of the pandemic on students' clinical practice, confidence and clinical preparation, and education.
A total of 187 respiratory therapy students completed the questionnaire. The results revealed that 145 (77.5%) of respiratory therapy students agreed that the pandemic had disrupted their clinical practice. The percentage of respiratory therapy students who felt that they were less confident and less prepared for the next academic year due to practical session cancellation was 141 (75.4%). Out of the total students, 135 (72.2%) students reported difficulty in connecting the clinical and theoretical part because of the pandemic.
The majority of respiratory therapy students from the three universities similarly reported that the pandemic disrupted their practice and interfered with their ability to connect between clinical and theoretical part. Moreover, it had affected their confidence and preparedness for the next year.
由于 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的预防措施，所有专业的教育系统和学习者的实践都受到了负面影响，尤其是大学生。COVID-19 对辅助医疗学生的实践产生了巨大影响。由于临床实习的取消，学生的医院实习受到了严重影响。本研究旨在调查 COVID-19 大流行对沙特阿拉伯吉达市三所大学的呼吸治疗学生临床实习的影响。
2021 年 8 月至 11 月，采用非概率连续抽样法，对呼吸治疗专业的学生进行了在线问卷调查。调查内容包括参与者的临床实习情况。参与者包括沙特国王阿卜杜勒阿齐兹健康科学大学、阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学和吉达巴特里医学学院的临床培训年的呼吸治疗学生。该调查评估了大流行对学生临床实践、信心和临床准备以及教育的影响。
共有 187 名呼吸治疗学生完成了问卷。结果显示，145 名（77.5%）呼吸治疗学生认为大流行扰乱了他们的临床实践。由于实践课程取消，感到自己对下一个学年的信心和准备不足的呼吸治疗学生比例为 141 名（75.4%）。在所有学生中，有 135 名（72.2%）学生报告说，由于大流行，他们难以将临床和理论部分联系起来。
来自这三所大学的大多数呼吸治疗学生都报告说，大流行扰乱了他们的实践，干扰了他们将临床和理论部分联系起来的能力。此外，它还影响了他们对下一年的信心和准备。
