Effect Of COVID 19 Pandemic On The Academic Performance Of Physical Therapy Students

To examine the impact of university closure and recourse to internet-based learning on the academic achievement of physical therapy students. The retrospective study was conducted at Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt, and comprised academic grades of physical therapy students related to pre-coronavirus...

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Published in:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2023-04, Vol.73(Suppl 4) (4), p.S247-S250
Main Authors: Mohammed Torad, Ahmed Ali, Ahmed, Omnia Saeed, Elkalla, Reham Alaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
COVID-19
Online learning
Pandemic
Physical therapy
Student performance
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Summary:To examine the impact of university closure and recourse to internet-based learning on the academic achievement of physical therapy students. The retrospective study was conducted at Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt, and comprised academic grades of physical therapy students related to pre-coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic academic year 2019-2020 in group 1 and per-pandemic 2020-2021 session group 2. Data was analysed using SPSS 26. Of the 8,190 students, 4,764(58.2%) were females and 3,426(41.8%) were males with age range 17-23 years who were studying at 5 academic levels. There were 3,732(45.6%) students in group 1 and 4,458(54.4%) in group 2. There were significant difference in the academic grades between the groups (p
ISSN:0030-9982
DOI:10.47391/JPMA.EGY-S4-49