Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the start of the academic year 2020/2021 to be conditioned by health and safety regulations. The present research was defined with the aim of analyzing the degree of satisfaction and perceptions on the establishment of bubble groups and pairs and on the use of audiovisual platforms for the development of theoretical and practical university teaching in three degrees of health sciences. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on a representative sample of students and teachers of health sciences in Ponferrada (n = 285). Specific questionnaires designed for this study were completed virtually during April and May 2021. The results indicate that that satisfaction was moderate–high. The perception of the influence of bubble pairs on the quality of teaching can be interpreted as very low. These results increase with the age and academic and professional experience of students and faculty members, respectively. However, the participants belonging to physiotherapy considered that the quality of teaching had worsened much more compared to their counterparts in nursing and podiatry.
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the start of the academic year 2020/2021 to be conditioned by health and safety regulations [1]
The participants belonging to physiotherapy considered that the quality of teaching had worsened much more compared to their counterparts in nursing and podiatry, who expressed an average in their responses much closer to a neutral perception
These results increase with the age and academic and professional experience of students and faculty members, respectively
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the start of the academic year 2020/2021 to be conditioned by health and safety regulations [1]. This special situation of public health emergency has led to multiple changes in the living and working habits of millions of people [2]. From a contextual point of view, there has been a profound social, economic and value change that has affected society as a whole, especially organizations, institutions and teachers [3]. Spanish university students have had to continue attending online classes, and their social life has been limited by the prohibition to go outside [4]
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