Study on the level of professional satisfaction of students of physiotherapy after one year of studying remotely in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an almost immediate need to limit social contact, including access to full-time education. Teaching in the 2020/2021 academic year relied almost entirely on remote education. Medical students felt the problem of the lack of student-patient contact in particular. Internships and apprenticeships were kept to a minimum, and in many universities there were no apprenticeships, which also translated into the lack of acquisition of practical knowledge, which is very important in the work of a future medic. The study covered students from all voivodeships. The nationwide character of the study made it possible to obtain objective results. The objective of the study was to examine the level of satisfaction and acquired skills of students of the medical faculty, i.e. physiotherapy within remote education. The results of the study and the literature review show that the preferred form of education in medical faculties is a mixed form of education, and student satisfaction with the remote form is rather low. It has been shown that this method of education does not lower the level of satisfaction, and at the same time has a positive effect on the economic aspect of studying.