Journal of Medical Education Development

fa فرصت ها و چالش های آموزش مجازی دروس نظری: دیدگاه دانشجویان پزشکی دانشگاه شاهرود Opportunities and challenges in virtual education of theoretical courses: Perspectives of medical students at Shahroud university of medical sciences پژوهشي اصیل Orginal Research <div style="text-align: justify;">Background & Objective: Virtual education is considered a considerable transformation in educational systems, which depends on cultural creation, human sources, technological, educational, administrative, social, cultural, managerial, and economic infrastructures. This study investigated the opportunities and challenges in the virtual teaching of theoretical courses based on medical students' perspectives at Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. Materials & Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 505 students at Shahroud University of Medical Sciences using simple random sampling. Two demographic questionnaires and e-learning challenges and opportunities were used to collect information. The data were entered into SPSS software (version 18) and analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics. Results: According to the results, most of the students were female (n=274; 54.3%). The mean±SD age of the participants was 21.78±0.13 years. Most of the students participating in the general medicine study were studying at a medical school, were non-native, and lived in dormitories. Moreover, virtual education challenges and opportunities showed a significant relationship with gender (P=0.001), age (P=0.001), place of residence (P=0.001), satisfaction with the field of study (P=0.001), history of Coronavirus disease (P=0.001), history of vaccination (P=0.001), the Internet problems (P=0.001), and access to virtual learning tools (P=0.001). Among the variables, the highest mean±SD score was cost and effectiveness (37.26±5). The overall mean±SD of the questionnaire was obtained at 101.60±11.78. Conclusion: Considering the relationship between opportunities and challenges of e-learning with several variables, we call for proper planning to improve the situation.</div> Education, Virtual, Theory, Students 62 68 http://edujournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-12-1534-2&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Sahar Paryab سحر پاریاب sahar_paryab218@gmail.com 5300319475328460021131 5300319475328460021131 No School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. Alireza Masoudi علیرضا مسعودی alireza_mas21@gmail.com 5300319475328460021132 5300319475328460021132 No School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. Kimia Zarouj Hosseini کیمیا زروج حسینی kimia_zarojh@gmail.com 5300319475328460021133 5300319475328460021133 No Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. Sepehr Zamani سپهر زمانی zscalpel.2014@gmail.com 5300319475328460021134 5300319475328460021134 No Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. Robabeh Zarouj Hosseini ربابه زروج حسینی Robabeh_za@gmail.com 5300319475328460021135 5300319475328460021135 No School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. Omid Garkaz امید گرکز omid.garkaz23@gmail.com 5300319475328460021136 5300319475328460021136 Yes Dep. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.