Effectiveness of online practical education on vaccination training in the students of bachelor programs during the Covid-19 pandemic

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 1; p. e0280312
• Main Authors: Shirahmadi, Samane, Hazavehei, Seyed Mohamad Mehdi, Abbasi, Hamid, Otogara, Marzie, Etesamifard, Tahere, Roshanaei, Ghodratolah, Dadaei, Neda, Taheri, Malihe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.01.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Apprenticeship; Biology and Life Sciences; CAI; Chi-square test; Colleges & universities; Computer assisted instruction; Consent; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 vaccines; Data collection; Distance learning; Education; Education, Distance; Educational films; Effectiveness; Epidemics; Evaluation; Female; Health facilities; Humans; Immunization; Internships; Iran; Male; Medical education; Medical research; Medical science; Medicine and Health Sciences; Online education; Pandemics; Public health; Quarantine; Skills; Social Sciences; Statistical analysis; Students; Study and teaching; Teaching; Training; Undergraduate study; Vaccination; Vaccines; Video; Young Adult; Iran
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280312

The importance of immunization and the necessity of achieving the goals of the immunization expansion plan and the critical role of undergraduate public health students in attaining these goals in the Covid-19 pandemic is evident. The present study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using online educational videos on practical learning of vaccination in the apprenticeship stage during covid-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled trial. This experimental study was conducted on 120 students (60 interventions and 60 control groups) at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences during 2019-2020. The intervention included training vaccination skills through educational videos based on self-efficacy theory, which was conducted for two weeks each week in two sessions of two hours for the intervention group using an educational video. A researcher-made questionnaire and a performance checklist were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using SPSS-16 software. Paired t-test, independent t-test, and Chi-square. The mean age of the subjects was 22.41 years, and most of the participants were female students (80%). There were statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups regarding knowledge (19.17±0.92 vs. 16.03±3.00; P<0.001), self-efficacy (40.84±3.71 vs 33.45±4.83; P = 0.01), attitude (22.56±2.95vs 20.28±3.25; P = 0.01) and performance (27.92±6.00 vs 22.38±5.40; P = 0.01) after the intervention. According to the findings of this study, the use of educational videos for undergraduate students of public health during the apprenticeship period has a positive effect on the practical learning of vaccination. However, it seems that in non-critical times, online education along with face-to-face education will be more effective for practical training.