Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced health education in many countries, including nursing education that moves to online learning. It has affected the tutor's performance and students' critical thinking skills, especially in online PBL tutorials. Tutor and nursing students have to re-adapt to a new online meeting atmosphere that previously had face-to-face meetings. There was no previous investigation into the effect of online PBL on tutor performance and nursing students’ critical thinking skills in UMY.Purpose: This study aims to determine students’ perceptions of tutor performance in online problem-based learning tutorials and the critical thinking skills of nursing students in UMY.Methods: This research is a cross-sectional quantitative study. The sample included 91 second-year nursing students, using the total sampling technique. The researchers used two questionnaires with closed questions about the tutor's performance in PBL tutorials and the critical thinking skills. Data were analyzed by univariate analysis. Result: The majority of respondents were female (83.5%) and 19-20 years old (91.2%). The study results showed that the tutor's performance on the online PBL tutorial was good (95.6%), while the critical thinking ability was poor (54.9%).Conclusion: This study showed that students still needed to adjust and adapt maximally to online problem-based learning tutorials and needed support and motivation to improve the quality of learning.
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic has had various impacts on countries worldwide, affecting the health care system and various sectors (Dewart G et al, 2020)
Online and distance education using digital tools in higher education has increased over the last decade, during the COVID-19 pandemic (Langegård et al, 2021)
Several studies have compared traditional learning and virtual education, and there is no significant comparison. Another advantage of this online learning is that students can learn directly through the internet, and knowledge can be transferred through various media (Hakami, 2021)
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has had various impacts on countries worldwide, affecting the health care system and various sectors (Dewart G et al, 2020). This e-learning excels in the learning system in lectures because it is available anywhere and anytime It has many drawbacks, including student feedback and self-motivation needs, limited internet networks, expensive digital tools, and the dangers of using gadgets for a long time (Singh et al, 2021). The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced health education in many countries, including nursing education that moves to online learning. It has affected the tutor's performance and students' critical thinking skills, especially in online PBL tutorials. Purpose: This study aims to determine students’ perceptions of tutor performance in online problem-based learning tutorials and the critical thinking skills of nursing students in UMY. The study results showed that the tutor's performance on the online PBL tutorial was good (95.6%), while the critical thinking ability was poor (54.9%). Conclusion: This study showed that students still needed to adjust and adapt maximally to online problem-based learning tutorials and needed support and motivation to improve the quality of learning
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