The effectiveness of tele-education for health field university students as a learning method during a covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting many aspects including education globally as many countries closed the school temporally. AIM: This study aimed to summarize the effectiveness of tele-education application among health field university students. METHODS: PubMed and EBSCO databases for studies published up to August 2020 were searched. Studies reporting the academic performance or skills performance or students satisfaction were included in the study. Study quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute appraisal tool. RESULTS: Published between 2002 and 2020, 22 studies were conducted in developed countries and two studies in developing countries. The tele-education method included e-learning, virtual, and digital learning. When comparing to control group, of 15 studies intervention studies measuring academic performance, seven studies showed a higher mean score among intervention group. For skills performance, there were no studies showing higher skill performance. For studies measuring student’ satisfaction, one-third showing higher student’ satisfaction among the intervention group compared to the control. CONCLUSION: Our finding highlighted the positive effect of various tele-education on academic performance among the health field university students. Applying the various tele-education in the learning process for the health field university students during the COVID-19 pandemic is suggested.