The plight of COVID-19 Pandemic Effect on Educational Abilities and Attitude of Faculty Members

Elshemy, Monera B.; Weheida, , Soheir M.; Akbar, , Ali M.; Biuomy, , Heba K.; Obied, Heba Kamal; Elshafei, Mariam I.; Khalil, , Shaimaa A.

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2024.337008

The plight of COVID-19 Pandemic Effect on Educational Abilities and Attitude of Faculty Members

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assist Prof. Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University. Egypt.

² Prof. Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria, University, Egypt.

³ rof. Dentistry, Vision Colleges for Nursing and dentistry in Reiyed and Jeddah in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

⁴ Assist Prof Biology, Vision Colleges for Nursing and dentistry in Reiyed and Jeddah in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

⁵ Assistant professor of Nursing Administration ,Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

⁶ Lectures Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

10.21608/tsnj.2024.337008

Abstract

The plight is a difficult and sad situation, that's hard to get out as represented in Covid 19
pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic, commonly referred to as COVID-19, is the severe acute
respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus disease pandemic of 2019. Aim: Identify the plight of
COVID-19 pandemic effect on educational abilities and attitude of faculty members Design:
Descriptive exploratory. Setting: Vision Colleges for Nursing and dentistry in Reiyed and
Jeddah in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study sample: 200 faculty members. Tools: Two tools
were used Tool (I): Online assessment questionnaire: This tool consisted of three parts. Part
I: Faculty member’s characteristics. Part II: Faculty members and technological programs that
can be used in distance learning. Part III: Distance education technology, faculty members and
the support staff. Tool II: Online experience of faculty members pre, during and post Covid-19
pandemic, questionnaire. Results: Upon the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic, 35.5% of
academic staff members finished an online teaching professional development course, 17%
requested peer mentoring from fellow faculty members, and 30% reported completing both
initiatives. After the COVID-19 epidemic, most faculty members reported that their ability to
teach online had improved "much" (55.5%) or "much" (31.0 percent ).Conclusion: The result of
this study revealed that suspending classes without stopping education has been implemented
effectively and that administrative work has continued to run smoothly. Also the findings
determined that dentists and nursing academic staff are resourceful, adaptive, and willing to use
both novel and existing resources and methodologies to meet their teaching goals.
Recommendations: Replication of the study on large probability sampling added in different
faculty