Investigating the efficiency and performance of e-learning in medical schools in the country during the Corona era

Introduction: If we consider the community's health as dependent on the quality of nursing services and this group's role in education, education's position and importance will be determined. Virtual education is a type of education technology based on being person-centered, independent learning, self-directed, and active. The goal of education technology is to facilitate learning and improve its performance. When the coronavirus has caused universities to engage in e-learning, this is an opportunity to develop this type of education in the country.Methods: This research is a descriptive-analytical study conducted in 1399 by 82 students of 6 medical schools by the available sampling method. Data were collected by the standard e-learning questionnaire of Watkins et al. 6-factor format. Students' views on the level of learning of e-learning were collected virtually, content validity was used, and the questionnaire was provided to several experts. Its reliability was obtained based on Cronbach's alpha method for the whole questionnaire of 0/845. Then the data were analyzed by SPSS software version 16 using descriptive statistical methods.Results: Participants were from the surgical technology (54.8%), nursing and midwifery (35.7%), and medicine (9.5%). 83.3% of the participants were women, and 16.7% were men. Also, their average age is 22.28 years. From the students' point of view, skills and continuous communication (83.3) percent, access to technology (78.6 percent), ability to learn through the media with (76.2) percent have the highest and motivation with (45.2) percent have the lowest score. In total, 59.5% of students rated e-learning at an acceptable level. The results of the T-test show that there is a significant relationship between gender and total score.Conclusion: Based on the research results, virtual education at the university level is not ideal and has problems. However, the system has been remarkably successful. By holding workshops on the standard way of organizing and participating in virtual classes for professors and students, which is very important, and the use of up-to-date technologies in education that motivate students, significant progress can be made in e-learning.

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efficiency ، education ، electronics ، medical sciences ، corona