Keep calm and carry on: A survey of medical imaging students on the impact of a COVID-19 lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Wu, Lian
Thorogood, Joanna
Vyas, Madhusudan
Aziz, Joseph
Sitters, Sharon
Thorogood, Joanna
Vyas, Madhusudan
Aziz, Joseph
Sitters, Sharon
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2024-12-03
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Conference Contribution - Oral Presentation
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Aotearoa
New Zealand
medical imaging students
medical imaging education
online teaching
online learning
simulation-based resources
Face-to-Face (f2f)
Unitec courses
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
surveys
New Zealand
medical imaging students
medical imaging education
online teaching
online learning
simulation-based resources
Face-to-Face (f2f)
Unitec courses
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
surveys
ANZSRC Field of Research Code (2020)
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Wu, L., Thorogood, J., Vyas, M., Aziz, J., & Sitters, S. (2024, December 3). Keep calm and carry on: A survey of medical imaging students on the impact of a COVID-19 lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand [Paper presentation]. 2024 Nursing & Medical Imaging Annual Healthcare Non-Conference Conference, Waitakere, New Zealand
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6924
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
COVID-19 significantly impacted individuals' daily lives as governments globally took unprecedented measures to reduce the spread of this disease. The restrictions also directly affected medical imaging students , for example, through moving to fully online teaching. This study aimed to explore the impact of the lockdown on a small group of medical imaging students in terms of their overall well-being, academic achievement, and the teaching experience.
METHODS
Students from one undergraduate medical imaging degree programme who were taught during New Zealand’s first “lockdown” in semester 1, 2020 completed an online questionnaire. The students’ academic performance was compared to the previous cohort’s average course completion rate of 4 core courses. Statistical analysis (student’s t-test) was performed using GraphPad PrismTM (Version 6).
RESULTS
21 responses were collected from 37 individuals (57 % response rate). The survey results show that the majority of students self-rated: the institution’s provision of IT (Information technology) support; the online learning experience; their academic performance; quality of sleep as the same or better than before lockdown. There was no significant difference in the average successful course completion rate between the cohorts (p>0.05); however, overall well-being was significantly reduced (p<0.001).
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that the COVID level 4 lockdown had no significant impact on: a) medical imaging students’ self-rating of teaching and learning; b) successful course completion rates. However, overall well-being was negatively impacted. Further investigation should be undertaken to consider the impact of long-term lockdowns on medical imaging and other healthcare students.
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