Amal I Linjawi|Shoroog Agou
E-learning readiness among dental students and faculty members Pre-COVID-19 pandemic
King Abdulaziz University|King Abdulaziz University
purpose assess students faculty readiness toward online dental education saudi arabiathis crosssectional study using 5point likert scale questionnaire distributed students undergraduates postgraduates faculty king abdulaziz university faculty dentistry jeddah saudi arabia 2018 assessed individual characteristics system competency needs social influence institutional support overall readiness needed technical support using elearning personal well teaching learning tl purposes readiness response scale domain categorized follows low mean value 13 acceptablemoderate mean value 34 high readiness level mean value 45 descriptive group comparisons conducted using pearsons chisquare test paired sample ttest independent sample ttest oneway anova tukeys post hoc test statistical significance level set p 005the total completed response rate 400550 727 comprising undergraduates n 312 postgraduates n 38 faculty n 50 results showed acceptable level online skills statistically significant difference groups p 005 statistically significant difference two categories uses personal tl found p 005 undergraduate students reported statistically significantly lower readiness level online english literacy perceived impact online technology education technology accessibility importance institutional support overall readiness need technical support p 005significant differences students faculty readiness elearning adoption dental education reported current study captured prepandemic ereadiness students faculty baseline future assessment pandemic effect education