@article{Alkhateeb_Dauod_Shabila_Al-Dabbagh_2022, title={Faculty and students’ attitude toward e-learning at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study}, volume={8}, url={https://jocms.org/index.php/jcms/article/view/1178}, DOI={10.22317/jcms.v8i2.1178}, abstractNote={<p>Objectives: This study aimed to assess the students and faculty staff attitude for e-learning at the emergence of COVID-19.</p> <p>Methods: A prospective cross-sectional Google form based online survey was conducted at a medical university in Iraq between March and April 2020. The online survey was distributed to a sample of 190 faculty staff and 1706 students of a medical university in Iraq. Knowledge and attitudes towards e-learning and perceived barriers to implementing e-learning among participants were the primary outcome measures.</p> <p>Results: The majority of students had a negative view of the simplicity of using e-learning compared with higher agreement among faculty staff. Most students disagreed with most aspects of the usefulness or strengths of e-learning. Both students and faculty staff agreed that e-learning faces challenges, including poor internet connectivity (79%) and computer literacy (71%). The highest percentage of the students (42.8%) preferred to have paper examinations in the study halls for the final written assessment. The percentages of the faculty staff who preferred paper examination in the study halls (31.6%), online assessment (31.1%), and delay assessment for the following year (33.2%) were almost similar.</p> <p> </p> <p>Conclusion: The students and faculty staff are not ready for e-learning, with technical inadequacies being the main barrier. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted medical education, proper technical and institutional foundations are essential for successful e-learning, especially during social distancing measures.</p> <p>Retrospectively registered at clinical trial.gov with registration number NCT05223465 on 4th February 2022</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Contemporary Medical Sciences}, author={Alkhateeb, Nazdar Ezzaddin and Dauod, Ali Shakir and Shabila, Nazar P and Al-Dabbagh, Ali A}, year={2022}, month={Apr.} }