Abstract
A study has been conducted to evaluate the virtual reality technology and online teaching system among medical students of Bogomolets National Medical University, Ukraine during COVID-19 pandemic. The final questionnaire contained the 15 questions with 5 options to comprehensively evaluate the virtual reality technology and online teaching system. The feedback of the survey was analyzed to find effectiveness of virtual reality technology and online teaching in medical education in Ukraine. Data of survey reflected that mostly students adopted and agreed on virtual reality technology and online teaching and admitted that these technologies are best alternatives to physical learning with the 65.79% an agreement with the user-friendly interface for virtual reality and online teaching system, while, 64.03% showed an agreement that virtual reality and online teaching system compensated the suspension of face-to-face medical education during the COVID-19. During online learning, there was ample time for educational activities as depicted from their response of 36.84% as strongly agree, 35.96% as agree, 6.14% as disagree, 4.39% as strongly disagree and 16.67% as neither agree nor disagree. Tutors/teachers also enjoyed virtual reality and online learning through their experience and flexibility in time management. Likewise, the results of all questions showed positive reviews and encouraged virtual reality and online teaching in academic continuity and stability in medical education in Ukraine. It can be concluded that digital learning environments are extremely effective in terms of medical students and staff satisfaction, accomplishment, and technical learning skill growth.
Highlights
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared coronavirus infection (COVID-19) as a pandemic since 11th March 2020 due to its uncontrolled spread [1]iJET ‒ Vol 16, No 23, 2021followed by the closure of global universities/ educational institutions [2]
For the evaluation of virtual reality and online teaching system in Ukraine a selfdesigned structured questionnaire based on a five-point Likert scale was designed for medical students of Bogomolets National Medical University, Ukraine
From a total of three hundred participants only 226 medical students in their clinical years from Bogomolets National Medical University, Ukraine consented to participate in this study
Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared coronavirus infection (COVID-19) as a pandemic since 11th March 2020 due to its uncontrolled spread [1]iJET ‒ Vol 16, No 23, 2021followed by the closure of global universities/ educational institutions [2]. Most of the countries were not prepared for such conditions and had a lack of technical support or training, that’s why their interns/medical students faced various issues regarding online learning. This is the only suitable way for providing knowledge by means of teaching learning processes via various online learning platforms [6,7,8]. The present study was designed to evaluate the virtual reality technology and online teaching system among medical students of Bogomolets National Medical University, Ukraine during COVID19 pandemic
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