Readiness of students of a medical university to use distance learning technologies
The aim of the study was to assess the readiness of students of a medical university to use distance learning technologies. For this, the staff of the Department of Hygiene of the Pediatric Faculty of the Russian National Research Medical University named after V.I. N.I. Pirogov, questionnaires were developed and distributed through an online service. The study involved 508 people studying at the Russian National Research Medical University named after V.I. N.I. Pirogov and FSBEI HE SSMU. Statistical processing was carried out using Statistica 13.0. 45% of the respondents rated their skill in using electronic devices as “high” and 53% as “basic”. 17.0% of students noted that they experienced a state of stress. Possible causes of stress reactions could be the following facts: 22.0% of respondents worsened interpersonal relationships between fellow students, 23.4% worsened relations with teachers, 13.0% noted a deterioration in health. As a form of quality control of knowledge assimilation, the most widespread (in 91.9% of cases) was the online test control, which in 41.5% of cases was supplemented by an oral interview with a teacher. 74.4% of the respondents were satisfied with the form of knowledge control. The respondents rated the work of the teaching staff at 3.9 ± 0.04 out of 5 possible, the total number of negative assessments was 30.0%. The high readiness of students of a medical university to use distance learning technologies is shown. Careful attention should be paid to identifying persons who have difficulties in adapting to the use of distance learning technologies and work on the formation of health-related competencies in students, which they can implement both in full-time and distance learning.