Analysis of the Satisfaction Degree of Students at Spain’s Physiotherapy Universities in Relation to Online Teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Isabel Escobio-Prieto, Raquel Sobrino-Sánchez, José Antonio Mingorance, Manuel García-Marín, Antonio Matas-Terrón and Manuel Albornoz-Cabello
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Isabel Escobio-Prieto: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Sevilla, 41009 Sevilla, Spain
Raquel Sobrino-Sánchez: Department of Physiotherapy, University School of Osuna, 41640 Sevilla, Spain
José Antonio Mingorance: Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of the Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain
Manuel García-Marín: Health Sciences Department, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain
Antonio Matas-Terrón: Department of Theory and History of Education and Methods of Research and Diagnosis in Education, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain
Manuel Albornoz-Cabello: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Sevilla, 41009 Sevilla, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 24, 1-13

Abstract: Student satisfaction is a crucial aspect in the quality assessment of higher education. The aim of the present study was to assess the degree of satisfaction among students in the Faculties of physiotherapy throughout Spain concerning online teaching during the State of Emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a quantitative study with a cross-sectional observational design. The online questionnaire DISFISCOVID was distributed to 24 physiotherapy faculties across Spain. A sample of 348 physiotherapy students from 14 Spanish universities completed the questionnaire. It showed high reliability evidence, achieving Cronbach’s alpha indices higher than 0.870, alongside a McDonald’s ωH of 0.876. On the whole, students were not satisfied with online learning during the State of Emergency, considering it unsuitable for their learning in either the theoretical or practical field of subjects in the degree of physiotherapy. In conclusion, the perception of physiotherapy students concerning the teaching they received, as far as practical contents and assessment methods are concerned, was not very satisfactory in those Faculties in which online learning platforms were not being used beforehand, and was more satisfactory when teaching was carried out in-person in the classroom.

Keywords: survey; physical therapist student; university; COVID-19 pandemic; E-learning; online classes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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