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Medical Students? Perceptions Towards Online Teaching During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Cross- Sectional Study from Saudi Arabia
(2023) Alea Mohammed Hussain; Saudagar, F. N.; Mohammed Madadin; Pauline Dergham; Saleh, K.; Mohammedhussain, A. A.; Sara Hashim; Madadin, M.
Background: The Covid-19 has made a huge impact on higher education. Online teaching and learning became essential to deliver educational activities in all areas including medical education. In this study, we aimed to investigate medical students' perceptions on the role of online teaching and learning in facilitating medical education. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study using a self-administered online questionnaire was conducted. Students eligible were medical students across all years at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. Perceptions analysis was conducted using SPSS software. Results: A total of 563 students participated in the study (prominent category female 64%, n = 361). There was a significant increase in the number of hours devoted to online learning during the pandemic. Live lectures/tutorials platform via zoom showed the highest rate of interaction compared to pre-recorded lectures and learning materials uploaded on blackboard. 50% of the students disagreed that online teaching is as effective as face-to-face teaching. The greatest perceived enjoyable aspect included the online accessibility of materials. Whereas the most frequent perceived barrier to online learning included internet connection. 17% of students reflected a poor understanding of scientific materials through online PBL. More than 50% of students revealed that online theoretical lectures are as good as classroom or better. Whereas the majority (70%) were unable to learn clinical skills online. The results indicated high impact on students' physical activities (80%). Impacts were higher on pre-clinical students' health and social life than on clinical students. Conclusion: Our findings reported that during emergency situations due to the pandemic, online teaching enables the continuity of medical education and provides adequate efficiency. The use of live online platforms showed high level of interaction. However, some barriers need to be addressed especially at the clinical skills development level to maximize the benefit of online teaching and learning.
Research trends in forensic anthropology: A bibliometric analysis
(2022) Hassan S. Albarbari; Sara F. Owaidah; Ritesh George Menezes; Mohammed Madadin; Abu Waris Mohammed Abbu Khashay; Muhammed Ajmal Khan
This paper aims to examine the worldwide research development and trends in forensic anthropology by using bibliometric analysis. Scopus database was used to identify published papers on forensic anthropology from 1948 to 2020. A total of 4,499 records were analyzed for yearly publication productivity, authorship and citation pattern, types of documents, most productive journals, organizations, authors, and countries, frequently cited papers, most used keywords, countries of collaboration, and three-field plot analysis in the domain of forensic anthropology. The results indicated that the highest grand total publications were between the years 2016 and 2019, while the highest multi-authored publications were in the year 2018. The most productive journal, author, organization, and country were the ‘Journal of Forensic Sciences’ with grand total publications of 934, ‘Cattaneo, C.’ with 97 publications, ‘Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique’ with 130 publications, and the United States with 1020 total cited papers, respectively. The document with the highest number of citations was ‘Buckberry and Chamberlain, 2002, Am J Phys Anthropol’ with a total of 387. Three-field plot analysis regarding the most outstanding keyword-source-country was “Forensic anthropology”- “Journal of Forensic Sciences” and “Forensic Science International”- “USA”, “France”, and “UK”. The predomination of certain countries over others in the field of forensic anthropology limits its prosperity as ethnic variety is of important regard. Research collaborations were mainly observed between the United States and European countries, which highlights the need for strengthening collaborations between developed and developing nations.