Introduction

COVID-19 pandemic induced lockdown, suspending all on-campus educational activities in KSA, compelling to continue the education online. We explored pharmacy students' perspective on its impact on their learning.

Methods

A Twitter chat was organized on three consecutive days, after final examinations, inviting all pharmacy students in KSA to participate. Day 1 chat included 11 questions regarding learning and assessment, Day 2 chat included six questions about online examinations and six questions about technology use, Day 3 chat included six questions related to lessons learnt from the learning experiences during the lockdown. The questions were validated and piloted before the chat. The responses were copied, reviewed to remove any confidential information, and thematically analyzed by two teams of research students independently.

Results

During the three-day chat, 790 responses were received in total. Thematic analysis generated 944 codes which were categorized into 43 subthemes. These subthemes were further categorized into six main themes: ‘facilitators for online education’, ‘barriers for online education’, ‘online versus onsite education’, ‘role of technology in online education’, ‘suggestions for improving online education’ and ‘long-term impact of online education during lockdown’. Participants highlighted several facilitators and barriers which affected their education during the lockdown, compared online education with onsite education, and provided suggestions for improving online education based on their learning experiences during the lockdown.

Conclusions

As COVID-19 pandemic and its repercussions are expected to last longer, pharmacy colleges and academic staff will find these findings useful to prepare for the coming years, ensuring pedagogical and accreditation standards.

中文翻译：

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刚刚发生了什么？COVID-19 封锁期间校园活动暂停对学习的影响——药学学生的观点

介绍

COVID-19 大流行导致封锁，暂停了沙特阿拉伯的所有校园教育活动，迫使人们继续在线教育。我们探讨了药学学生对其学习影响的看法。

方法

期末考试结束后，连续三天组织了一次 Twitter 聊天，邀请所有 KSA 的药学学生参加。第一天聊天包括 11 个关于学习和评估的问题，第二天聊天包括六个关于在线考试的问题和六个关于技术使用的问题，第三天聊天包括六个与锁定期间学习经验教训相关的问题。这些问题在聊天之前经过验证和试行。这些回答被复制、审查以删除任何机密信息，并由两个研究生团队独立进行专题分析。

结果

在为期三天的聊天中，共收到了 790 条回复。主题分析生成了 944 个代码，这些代码被分为 43 个子主题。这些子主题进一步分为六个主题：“在线教育的推动者”、“在线教育的障碍”、“在线教育与现场教育”、“技术在在线教育中的作用”、“改进在线教育的建议”和“长期”。 -锁定期间在线教育的长期影响”。参与者强调了在封锁期间影响他们教育的几个促进因素和障碍，将在线教育与现场教育进行了比较，并根据他们在封锁期间的学习经验提出了改进在线教育的建议。

结论

由于 COVID-19 大流行及其影响预计将持续更长时间，药学院和学术人员会发现这些发现有助于为未来几年做好准备，确保教学和认证标准。