Satisfaction of Lecturers and Undergraduate Students of Medical Faculties in Indonesia towards Online Anatomy Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

COVID-19 has caused serious impacts on many sectors of life, including education. To reduce coronavirus transmission, education activities that used to be held offline are transformed into online classes. Changing face-to-face learning to online learning has influence on the learning strategies, which ultimately might impact the achievement of learning objectives. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire to evaluate the perspectives of human anatomy lecturers and undergraduate medical students in Indonesia about the implementation of online anatomy learning. We also explored their expectations and preferred learning methods after COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, 467 respondents were recruited, which consisted of 66 lecturers from 41 universities in 6 islands (Java, Sumatera, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara and Papua) and 401 students from 19 universities in 4 islands (Java, Sumatera, Kalimantan, Papua). The majority of the respondents agreed that in online learning, materials were well delivered and understandable, the time could be allocated sufficiently and is manageable; however, the implementation of practical sessions was still problematic. Respondents had different perspectives on whether there were issues during online classes, improvement of student’s motivation, and good interaction between lecturers and students. The majority of the respondents preferred the use of blended learning after the pandemic (new normal era) and expected to continue the cadaveric practical sessions.