Research Article
Implementation of Online Teaching in Medical Education: Lessons Learned from Students’ Perspectives during the Health Crisis in Marrakesh, Morocco
Table 2
The students ‘perceptions of the distance learning during the lockdown and their utilization of the educational platform.
| | Variables | All participants n (%) | Study cycle | | | 1st cycle | 2d cycle |
| | Utilization of the education platform before lockdown | Never-sometimes | 93 (83.7) | 46 (49.5) | 47 (50.5) | 0.029 | | Often-always | 18 (16.3) | 04 (22.2) | 14 (77.8) |
| | Utilization of the ICT for medical education | Never-sometimes | 38 (34.2) | 18 (47.4) | 20 (52.6) | 0.438 | | Often-always | 73 (65.8) | 32 (43.8) | 41 (56.2) |
| | Attending face-to-face class before the pandemic | Never | 16 (14.4) | 04 (25.0) | 12 (75.0) | 0.001 | | Sometimes | 22 (19.8) | 04 (18.2) | 18 (81.8) | | Often | 42 (37.8) | 21 (50.0) | 21 (50.0) | | Always | 31 (27.9) | 21 (67.7) | 10 (32.3) |
| | First experience with e-learning | Yes | 88 (79.3) | 39 (44.3) | 49 (55.7) | 0.472 | | No | 23 (20.7) | 11 (47.8) | 12 (52.2) |
| | DL satisfaction during the pandemic | Not satisfied | 12 (10.8) | 10 (83.3) | 02 (16.7) | <0.0001 | | Not very satisfied | 18 (16.2) | 13 (72.2) | 05 (27.8) | | Satisfied | 58 (52.3) | 17 (29.3) | 41 (70.7) | | Very satisfied | 23 (20.7) | 10 (43.5) | 13 (56.5) |
| | Quantity of online courses followed | Less than the half | 35 (31.5) | 21 (60.0) | 14 (40.0) | 0.026 | | More than the half | 76 (68.5) | 29 (38.2) | 47 (61.8) |
| | Comprehensibility of the courses regarding the expectations | Not to not very comprehensible | 21 (18.9) | 18 (81.8) | 04 (18.2) | <0.0001 | | Comprehensible to very comprehensible | 89 (80.1) | 32 (36.0) | 57 (64.0) |
| | Degree of improvement through the DL | Absent | 20 (18) | 13 (65.0) | 07 (35.0) | 0.022 | | Low | 17 (15.3) | 11 (64.7) | 06 (35.3) | | Average | 49 (44.1) | 19 (38.8) | 30 (61.2) | | Important | 25 (22.5) | 07 (28.0) | 18 (72.0) | | None–little use | 23 (20.7) | 30 (47.6) | 33 (52.4) | 0.333 |
| | Utility of the forum set by the school (FMPM) | Useful to very useful | 88 (79.3) | 20 (41.7) | 28 (58.3) | <0.0001 | | Not satisfied | 38 (34.2) | 26 (68.4) | 12 (31.6) |
| | Support from teachers/institution | Somehow satisfied | 73 (65.8) | 24 (32.9) | 49 (67.1) | — | | Satisfied-very satisfied |
| | Encountering difficulties | Yes | 92 (82.9) | 15 (45.5) | 18 (54.5) | 0.559 | | No | 19 (17.1) | 35 (44.9) | 43 (55.1) |
| | Recommendation of DL after the pandemic | Yes | 76 (68.5) | 30 (39.5) | 46 (60.5) | 0.211 | | No | 13 (11.7) | 07 (53.8) | 06 (46.2) | | I do not know | 22 (19.8) | 13 (59.1) | 09 (40.9) |
| | Courses’ interactivity degree (scale from 1 to 10) | 6.5 ± 2.5 | 5.7 ± 2.5 | 7.2 ± 2.4 | <0.0001 | | Number of hours per week for DL (On10) mean ± standard deviation (SD) | 10.8 ± 8.9 | 11.4 ± 10.4 | 10.4 ± 7.6 | 0.389 | | Self-perception of learning level (scale from 1 to 10) | 6.3 ± 2.2 | 5.6 ± 2.3 | 6.8 ± 1.9 | 0.001 | | Probability in % of following DL in the future (N = 84) | 71.8 ± 31 | 63.1 ± 34.1 | 78.0 ± 27.3 | 0.040 |
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Fisher exact test, ICT: Information and Communication Technology, DL: Distance Learning. |
