Cruz BMA, Furones MJA, Cabrera PG

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: The Master Course in Pharmacoepidemiology of the National School of Public Health uses the virtual classroom in support of on-site teaching; the students' opinion about its usefulness is not known, which is important because it reflects the efficiency of the teaching strategy. Objective: To evaluate the satisfaction of the students of the Master Course in Pharmacoepidemiology with the use of the virtual classroom. Methods: An exploratory cross-sectional study was carried out in July-August 2015; the universe was made up by 49 students, who graduated in the second edition and the current edition of the Master Course; we measured satisfaction with the virtual classroom, expressed as high or low according to responses to an applied survey. Results: The predominance of the response was "access to the virtual platform is normal" (38.8 %); 46.0 % considered the distance phase of the courses useful; 77.6 % qualified the time dedicated to activities in the virtual classroom; 57.1 % access more from their work centers to the virtual classroom, and most of them (61.2 %) prefer that the courses be developed with the support of the virtual classroom; all this led to assess the satisfaction of students with the virtual classroom as high, with 51.0 %. Conclusions: Although most students of the Master Course in Pharmacoepidemiology reported high satisfaction with the virtual classroom as a support for on-site teaching, a fair number of them are not satisfied; it is necessary to go deeper into the subject in future research.