Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Learning Counseling Practice

Abstract

The School of Medicine offers study counseling. In particular, the School of Medicine has many required courses, and it is important to respond to students with learning difficulties. It is necessary to discuss a new approach to learning counseling for such students, considering the prevention of COVID-19 infection, but online learning counseling has not been discussed so far. In the future, flexible selection and response based on an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of online learning counseling will be required. To overcome this challenge, this paper examines the practice of online learning counseling at the University’s School of Medicine in the Corona Disaster. The practice could be characterized by seven advantages [behavioral understanding, physical condition consideration, continuity, confidentiality, sharing, immediacy, and convenience] and two challenges [grasping reactions and interruptions]. Subsequently, it was presented new possibilities for online learning counseling by examining the content related to learning.