1.Assessing the resident physicians’ perceptions of the use of webinars to support training during the COVID-19 pandemic
Masayuki Misuno ; Valerie Tiempo Guinto
Philippine Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2024;48(2):105-110
Background:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic has affected education
systems worldwide. The disruption in education systems has impacted over 90% of the student
population of the world (UNESCO, 2020). Electronic learning (e‑learning), a form of teaching which
involves electronic equipment and tools permits interaction between people involved in the education
process. An example of which is the webinars. Webinars allow large groups of participants to engage
in online discussions or training events and share audio, documents, or slides.
Objective:
We aim to assess the perception of resident physicians on the use of webinars to
support learning during COVID‑19.
Methodology:
This is a cross-sectional study. An adequately powered paper survey was
conducted among 123 resident physicians of St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City. A 5‑point Likert
Scale was used for each of the questions in the questionnaire patterned after that of Nagar (2020).
Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data.
Results:
Majority of the respondents gave favorable answers to questions on pace of learning/
flexibility (91.5%), cost (95.1%), convenience and comfort (95.1%), motivation (76.1%), ease of
access (96.1%), visual perception (87.5%), visual difficulty (79.9%), audio perception (83.7%),
Internet connection (61.8%), and navigation (83.7%), while Internet connection (28.5%) was seen
with the highest disagreement.
Conclusion:
Our data support the acceptability of webinars among resident physicians in a tertiary
private hospital as an alternative learning tool in this COVID‑19 era where face‑to‑face interaction
or traditional learning is less likely to be employed.
Recommendations
We recommend future studies that can focus on the efficacy of the webinars
in the improvement of knowledge and practice of medicine by doing pre- and posttests. We also
recommend doing a similar study in government hospitals where facilities may not be on par with
private hospitals.
COVID‑19
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Perception
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