SATISFACTION OF DENTISTRY FACULTY STUDENTS OF KABUL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES FROM ONLINE LEARNING OF PHYSIOLOGY DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES FROM THE STUDENT’S POINT OF VIEW

Abstract

The demand for online and distance education has expanded dramatically around the world since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020.The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted teaching in a variety of institutions, especially in medical schools. Electronic learning (e-learning) became the core method of teaching the curriculum during the pandemic. To evaluate student's satisfaction and to find the advantages versus disadvantages of online learning of physiology subject from student's perceptions during pandemic a qualitative analytical research designed, which carried out in Kabul University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) on sophomore students of stomatology, in this research a self-administered questionnaire was used for collecting data. After 3 weeks of only online teaching, this survey was conducted; data gathered from the survey were analyzed with routine statistical software. 48 sophomore students of stomatology faculty of KUMS answered the questions, which indicated that 72.9% of students were strongly support online learning via Google classroom, and 25% of students were moderately support and 2% of students were not support online learning via GC. And according student’s perceptions, avoiding of time wastage, usability of learning material everywhere any time, and learning how to use technology is the advantages of online learning, and low internet speed with high cost, disability of practical works are the disadvantages of online learning of physiology subject.