Priorities of Students’ Needs in the Use of Distance Learning Technologies in Medical Universities
Author(s)
Оlga V. Muzaleva, Candidate of Sciences (Medicine), Associate Professor of the Department of Health Organization and Public Health, https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0569-9289, SPIN-code: 8329-0708, AuthorID: 763708, S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
6 Academician Lebedeva St, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 194044, tel: +7 (812) 2923201, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Aziza Kh. Akhmineeva, Doctor of Sciences (Medicine), Associate Professor of the Department of Health Organization and Public Health, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9768-4423, SPIN-code: 1302-7645, AuthorID: 584505, SCOPUS ID: 56525345200, S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
6 Academician Lebedeva St, Saint Petersburg, Russia,194044, tel: +7 (812) 2923201, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract. Introduction. The article examines the prevailing needs of various student contingents enrolled in specialist degree programs and additional postgraduate study programs in a military educational organization. This type of training was previously successfully implemented at the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, which was accompanied by the previous longterm experience of distance learning under additional educational programs for postgraduate education. The identification of the actual needs of different student contingents in the system of higher medical education, in part through distance learning, suggests the possibility of effectively changing the forms of the educational process in higher education.
Materials and Methods. The survey involved 119 respondents enrolled in various educational programs of the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy (64 students and 55 doctors). The main research method was an anonymous questionnaire with 27 questions for students and 26 questions for doctors (the question of the possibility of using distance learning in basic disciplines of the specialty was excluded), developed at the Department of Health Organization and Public Health of the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy. The survey was voluntary and anonymous.
Results. The priorities of students by types of classes, forms of educational process, and the use of distance learning technologies in general were determined.
Discussion and conclusion. A combined approach comprising both traditional and distance learning methods can provide the best opportunity for students and doctors to develop their skills and knowledge in order to improve and adapt to the changing needs of students and the industry. The peculiarity of studying at a medical university is the impossibility of a complete transition to a distance-learning format due to the need to form practical skills in the classroom. Given the unique characteristics of higher medical education institutions, it is necessary to ascertain the ideal balance between traditional classroom settings and distance learning. This calls for further study on the perspectives of various contingent students, their level of satisfaction with distance learning, and the identification of urgent needs in accordance with educational programs.
Keywords: educational approaches, distance learning, questionnaire, medical students, doctors, teaching tools and methods, information systems of training
For citation: Muzaleva O.V., Akhmineeva A.Kh. Priorities of Students’ Needs in the Use of Distance Learning Technologies in Medical Universities. Pedagogicheskiy IMIDZH = Pedagogical IMAGE. 2023; 17 (4): pp. 548-561 (In Rus.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409-5052-2023-17-4-548-561
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409- 5052-2023-17-4-548-561
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