TY - JOUR
T1 - “Being in the digital box”. Academic staff experiences in online practical teaching: A qualitative study from six universities and countries
AU - Baskici, Cigdem
AU - Aytar, Aydan
AU - Ersoy, Halil
AU - Wiktsröm-Grotell, Camilla
AU - Arell-Sundberg, Marina
AU - Neves, Hugo
AU - Coutinho, Verónica
AU - Blaževičienė, Aurelija
AU - Vaškelytė, Alina
AU - Söderlund, Anne
AU - Fritz, Johanna
AU - Strods, Raimonds
AU - Jansone-Ratinika, Nora
AU - Kav, Sultan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024/1
Y1 - 2024/1
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused radical changes in education, as in everything else, bringing many challenges. Despite all the difficulties, the COVID-19 pandemic has enormous opportunities for online teaching and the use of digital technologies. A comprehensive understanding of this period is needed to investigate these opportunities. Thus, this study aims to explore the academic staff’s experiences of online teaching and the use of digital technologies in practical skills-based courses in health care education. This study was conducted at six universities from six countries(Türkiye, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania). Data were collected between June 17,2021 and November 30, 2021 via a focus group with an in-depth interview technique. 22 focusgroup interviews were conducted with a total of 117 participants. Colaizzi’s method was used to evaluate the data to discover, comprehend, and define the experiences of academic staff. The analysis of the interview data resulted in 6 themes, 25 subthemes and 56 categories that captured participants’ experiences regarding online teaching of practical skills and using digital technologies in health care education. The findings of the study provide crucial information that will help online teaching and digital technology for practical skills be successfully integrated.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused radical changes in education, as in everything else, bringing many challenges. Despite all the difficulties, the COVID-19 pandemic has enormous opportunities for online teaching and the use of digital technologies. A comprehensive understanding of this period is needed to investigate these opportunities. Thus, this study aims to explore the academic staff’s experiences of online teaching and the use of digital technologies in practical skills-based courses in health care education. This study was conducted at six universities from six countries(Türkiye, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania). Data were collected between June 17,2021 and November 30, 2021 via a focus group with an in-depth interview technique. 22 focusgroup interviews were conducted with a total of 117 participants. Colaizzi’s method was used to evaluate the data to discover, comprehend, and define the experiences of academic staff. The analysis of the interview data resulted in 6 themes, 25 subthemes and 56 categories that captured participants’ experiences regarding online teaching of practical skills and using digital technologies in health care education. The findings of the study provide crucial information that will help online teaching and digital technology for practical skills be successfully integrated.
KW - Experience
KW - Health care education
KW - Online teaching
KW - Practical skills
KW - Qualitative study
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024003062
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85182676186&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24275
DO - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24275
M3 - Article
SN - 2405-8440
VL - 10
JO - Heliyon
JF - Heliyon
IS - 2
M1 - e24275
ER -