The preferred approaches regarding virtual education in view of paramedical students of Semnan University of Medical Sciences in the years 2021-2022

Volume 14, 1-2
April 2025
Pages 22-30

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 MSc in Nursing, Kosar Hospital, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran

2 Instructor of emergency medicine department, Sorkeh School of Allied Medical Sciences, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran

Abstract
Introduction: Virtual education is widely used during the pandemic of COVID-19, but continued usability and quality improvement of virtual education requires a proper understanding of the needs, beliefs, perceptions, preferences and attitudes of students regarding it. Therefore, the current study was conducted to determine paramedical students' preferences regarding virtual education.

Methods & Materials: This descriptive analytical study was conducted on all students of the fields of operating room, Anesthesia, emergency medicine, radiology and health information technology studying at the paramedical faculty of Semnan University of Medical Sciences.in 2021-2022. Data collection was done with a researcher-made questionnaire entitled 'Attitude and performance of paramedical students among to Virtual Education Questionnaire' and objective observations. The collected data were measured using SPSS25 software and analyzed by using descriptive, analytic, and correlation tests.

Results: A number of 202 paramedical students participated in this research with an average age of 25.34 ± 8.11, 120 (59.4%) female students and 82 (40.6%) male students. The high-quality uploaded educational files from the students in viewpoint 72 (35.6%) of them were related to the text files. Also, 142 (70.8) students considered the Navid education system, 43 (21.3) students the social networks, and 16 (7.9) students the online classes respectively as the preferred way for educational activity. The most use of the Navid system has been related to Assignments. About 30% of students did not consider the virtual courses to be enough and desired to hold face-to-face supplementary classes.

Conclusion: The majority of students, especially older students, preferred offline virtual education focused on the Navid system over online education and using social networks. Improving infrastructure as well as increasing the skills of college professors and students can be effective in using existing capacities, creating diversity, and making virtual education more effective.

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