Perceptions of stomatherapy graduates regarding in-person and remote education during COVID-19 pandemic.
Caroline Rodrigues de Oliveira, Carolina Cabral Pereira da Costa, Cinthia Cristine Rosa Campos Medaber and 3 others
PMID 40802362WHAT IT FOUND
Stomatherapy graduates preferred in-person learning for direct faculty contact and psychomotor skill practice.
Remote education reduced travel costs and offered schedule flexibility but introduced home distractions, internet barriers, and increased workload for nurses balancing jobs and family.
Key findings
01Participants preferred in-person education for the physical proximity to professors, which allowed immediate clarification of doubts and enhanced learning.
02Emergency Remote Education (ERE) offered flexibility in how and where classes were attended, eliminating commuting and reducing transportation costs.
03Major barriers for both modalities included the difficulty of balancing work schedules with study, financial costs, and for women, the added burden of household and caregiving responsibilities.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The study was conducted at a single university in Rio de Janeiro, so the results may not be generalizable to other institutions or regions with different labor market conditions. The participants were all graduates who successfully completed the program; nurses who dropped out or failed during the pandemic were excluded, potentially missing perspectives on the most severe barriers to education. Data collection occurred in 2022, reflecting retrospective perceptions of the 2020 pandemic period rather than real-time experiences.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret this paper as evidence that remote education is clinically equivalent to in-person training for stomatherapy skills. The study reports perceptions of graduates and highlights that in-person interaction was preferred for psychomotor skill acquisition, but it does not measure actual clinical competence or patient outcomes.