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The Challenges Experienced by UCIMED Health Sciences Academic Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Costa Rica

 

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Authors: Alfaro Gurrola, Sylvia, Villegas Barakat, Mayra, Cabrera Rojas, Natalia, Durán Segura, Anaryeri, Trabado Sagot, Carlos Luis
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2024
Description:During the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education worldwide was forced to restructure itself according to guidelines established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on the population. Costa Rica was no exception.  In the absence of a contingency plan, the University of Medical Sciences (UCIMED) underwent a transition from face-to-face to virtual teaching.  This study focused on the challenges experienced by physical therapy and nutrition faculty during the period from March to June 2020, due to the emergency virtualization. The information was collected through a Google Forms® survey; once tabulated, the data was analyzed, interpreted and compared between the professions, implementing descriptive statistics and a bibliographic review to better understand the situation at a global level. The study showed that the didactics of the course was a great challenge for the teachers, mainly in terms of learning assessment, student participation, use of virtual tools and connectivity problems. When comparing professions, it was found that limited training, fewer years of teaching experience, and less interaction with virtual platforms were factors that increased the perception of challenges. Confronting the challenges enriched the teaching experience in terms of ICT management and thus the transformation of higher education.
Country:Portal de Revistas UNED
Institution:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/4913
Online Access:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/innovaciones/article/view/4913
Keyword:Academic Staff
Higher Education
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Distance learning, online learning, teaching technique, educational strategies, tools, technology.
COVID-19
Health Sciences
Personal académico docente
Enseñanza superior
Tecnología de la información (TIC)
aprendizaje en línea
pandemia
Ciencias Médicas
Corpo docente
Ensino Superior
Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC)
Aprendizagem Online
Ciências da Saúde