A Good Teacher Through the Eyes of Students

Abstract

Since the beginning of the pandemic COVID-19, distance learning has become the mainstay in most educational institutions in Ukraine. Distance learning is the organization of the educational process in terms of distance from each other and their usually indirect interaction in the educational environment, which operates on the basis of modern educational, informational, communication (digital) technologies [1]. The organization of the educational process during distance learning may include training (including practical, laboratory) classes, correctional and developmental classes, webinars, online forums and conferences, independent work, research, search, project activities, educational games, consultations and other forms of organization educational process, defined by the educational program of the educational institution [2].The aim of the study: to assess satisfaction of different parameters of the educational process at the Department of Propedeutics of Pediatric Diseases with Patient Care at National Pirogov Memorial Medical University to create the main strategies for the development of the educational process and maximize the advantages of distance learning methods nowadays.Methods. An anonymous voluntary online survey of 162 medical international students has been conducted using Google Forms. Questions included: evaluation of satisfaction with the organization of the educational process at the department, technical capabilities of training platforms have been granted, assess the sociopsychological conditions during the lesson and evaluate the level of cooperation with the teacher. They have tried to answer the following questions: What is a good teacher (lecturer)? What are lectures good for? We have asked to write at least 3 options.162 foreign students of the third year of study of the Faculty of Medicine agreed to answer the questions. About half of foreign students (57,40%) were completely satisfied with the educational process at the department, 38,27% were partially satisfied, 0,64% could not answer, 2,46% were not satisfied and 1,23% were absolutely dissatisfied (Table 1).