Examining the level of attitude, satisfaction, effectiveness and challenges of virtual education from the point of view of nursing and midwifery students of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences during the Covid-19 pandemic

Schools and universities in China were closed to prevent further spread of the virus as the coronavirus began to spread. And virtual education replaced face-to-face education. The use of virtual education alone faced challenges that affected its attitude, satisfaction and effectiveness. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of investigating the attitude, satisfaction, effectiveness and challenges of virtual education from the perspective of nursing and midwifery students of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Methods & Materials:

This cross-sectional research was conducted with the participation of 177 nursing and midwifery students of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences. The tools used included: demographic information questionnaires, measuring attitude, satisfaction and effectiveness of virtual education. Data were analyzed with spss software version 19, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney statistical tests at a significance level of 0.05.

In this research, there were 126 female participants (73.3%) with an average age of 27.22±2.6. The average score of attitude, satisfaction, effectiveness and challenges of virtual education from the students' point of view were respectively, 11.84 ± 3.34; 13.59 ± 5.21; 16.94 ± 5.75 and 25.37 ± 5.81. A statistically significant relationship was found between the average score of attitude with satisfaction, effectiveness, and also the average score of satisfaction with the effectiveness of virtual education. (p<0.05)

The use of virtual education, as a new educational method, has faced many challenges; Considering the low level of its effectiveness, it is possible to improve the attitude, satisfaction and effectiveness of virtual education by strengthening the infrastructure.