Investigating the Faculty Members Satisfaction from Virtual Education and Electronic Education Systems during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Background: The need for medical sciences universities in Iran to develop electronic education in special conditions and crises such as epidemics and pandemics, including the COVID-19 Virus, and even in order to realize the teaching-learning systems, is so necessary. Therefore, this research aimed t...

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Main Authors: Hossein Dargahi, Masoumeh Mireshghollah, Mitra Zolfaghari, Kamal Azam
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Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences 2023-09-01
Series:Journal of Medical Education and Development
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Online Access:http://jmed.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-1403-en.pdf
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author Hossein Dargahi
Masoumeh Mireshghollah
Mitra Zolfaghari
Kamal Azam
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description Background: The need for medical sciences universities in Iran to develop electronic education in special conditions and crises such as epidemics and pandemics, including the COVID-19 Virus, and even in order to realize the teaching-learning systems, is so necessary. Therefore, this research aimed to determine the level of satisfaction of faculty members from E-learning systems during the COVID-19 pandemic among the selected schools in Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This research was a cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study conducted in 2020-2022. The research population was the faculty members of selected schools of this University including 870, respectively. Sample size determination conducted by Krejcie and Morgan table consisted of 265 faculty members which was determined to be equal to 200 people by taking into account the response rate. The data collection tool was a researcher-constructed educators satisfaction with virtual learning systems questionnaire its face validity and reliability were confirmed. Results: The majority of faculty members as teaching users are relatively satisfied with electronic education and related offline and online systems. Conclusion: Regarding the current results, most of the faculty members are relatively satisfied with the electronic education system and offline and online systems. However, the Low speed of the Internet could impact educator users. Therefore, it is recommended that providing more appropriate conditions by the empowerment of infrastructure and facilities lead to faculty member's satisfaction with electronic education for better utilization in possible crises in the future.
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spelling doaj.art-34191c1bc29e46568ba20739d2a5d5b32023-10-10T11:18:10ZfasShahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesJournal of Medical Education and Development2251-70652251-82662023-09-01182505518Investigating the Faculty Members Satisfaction from Virtual Education and Electronic Education Systems during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Tehran University of Medical SciencesHossein Dargahi0Masoumeh Mireshghollah1Mitra Zolfaghari2Kamal Azam3 Professor, School of Public Health, Department of Management, Policy and Health Economics, Health Information Management, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran MSc. in Educational Management, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Electronic Learning in Medical Education, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Professor, School of Public Health, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background: The need for medical sciences universities in Iran to develop electronic education in special conditions and crises such as epidemics and pandemics, including the COVID-19 Virus, and even in order to realize the teaching-learning systems, is so necessary. Therefore, this research aimed to determine the level of satisfaction of faculty members from E-learning systems during the COVID-19 pandemic among the selected schools in Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This research was a cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study conducted in 2020-2022. The research population was the faculty members of selected schools of this University including 870, respectively. Sample size determination conducted by Krejcie and Morgan table consisted of 265 faculty members which was determined to be equal to 200 people by taking into account the response rate. The data collection tool was a researcher-constructed educators satisfaction with virtual learning systems questionnaire its face validity and reliability were confirmed. Results: The majority of faculty members as teaching users are relatively satisfied with electronic education and related offline and online systems. Conclusion: Regarding the current results, most of the faculty members are relatively satisfied with the electronic education system and offline and online systems. However, the Low speed of the Internet could impact educator users. Therefore, it is recommended that providing more appropriate conditions by the empowerment of infrastructure and facilities lead to faculty member's satisfaction with electronic education for better utilization in possible crises in the future.http://jmed.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-1403-en.pdffaculty members satisfactionvirtual learning systemcovid-19 pandemic
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Investigating the Faculty Members Satisfaction from Virtual Education and Electronic Education Systems during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Journal of Medical Education and Development
faculty members satisfaction
virtual learning system
covid-19 pandemic
title Investigating the Faculty Members Satisfaction from Virtual Education and Electronic Education Systems during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Tehran University of Medical Sciences
title_full Investigating the Faculty Members Satisfaction from Virtual Education and Electronic Education Systems during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Tehran University of Medical Sciences
title_fullStr Investigating the Faculty Members Satisfaction from Virtual Education and Electronic Education Systems during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Tehran University of Medical Sciences
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the Faculty Members Satisfaction from Virtual Education and Electronic Education Systems during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Tehran University of Medical Sciences
title_short Investigating the Faculty Members Satisfaction from Virtual Education and Electronic Education Systems during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Tehran University of Medical Sciences
title_sort investigating the faculty members satisfaction from virtual education and electronic education systems during the covid 19 pandemic in tehran university of medical sciences
topic faculty members satisfaction
virtual learning system
covid-19 pandemic
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