Level of satisfaction in online teaching programs among medical teachers/supervisors during COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT

Background The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a worldwide health catastrophe that has had a significant effect on all of us. During this time, we had to go into quarantine. When all the educational institutions got closed, the students and teachers adopted the online way of learning and teaching. Objective The goal of our study was to find out the level of satisfaction in online teaching programs among medical teachers/supervisors during Covid-19 pandemic. Methods This was descriptive cross-sectional study based on online questionnaire. This study was conducted for duration of six months from July 2020 to December 2020 by including 175 faculty members from different medical and dental colleges in Pakistan. A self-administered questionnaire was circulated via Email, Whatsapp groups and other social media platforms. The variables were represented in frequencies and percentages. Results There were 80 (45.71%) male and 95 (54.29%) female faculty members. According to the designation majority of the respondent 47 (26.86%) were assistant professors. According to the teaching experience more faculty members 44 (25.14%) had teaching experience of 6-10 years while only 5 (2.86%) faculty members had more than 30 years of teaching experience. Majority of the respondents 69 (39.43%) used Webinars for online teaching followed by Zoom 50 (28.57%).Majority of the faculty members were confident, satisfied and felt comfortable with the online education. Conclusion The majorities of medical teachers think that e-learning is a great complement to prevent academic loss and satisfied with the system but it cannot replace in-person education. Studies with greater sample size would further give insight into the teacher's satisfaction regarding online teaching programs.