Analysis of factors influencing the network teaching effect of college students in a medical school during the COVID-19 epidemic

Background: The purpose of this study is to understand the influencing factors of Chinese college students' satisfaction with online teaching and psychological pressure on learning during the novel coronavirus epidemic. Methods: We assessed the effect of online teaching of 7084 medical students from wannan medical college in March 5 to April 2, 2020 using cluster sampling. The respondents were asked to complete a 7-item self-compiled online teaching satisfaction questionnaire. Chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression analysis are used. Results: Sex is female (OR = 1.257, 95%CI: 1.132 similar to 1.396), grades are second and third grades (second grades: OR = 1.228, 95%CI: 1.080 similar to 1.397; third grades: OR = 1.197, 95%CI: 1.048 similar to 1.367), normal/unfamiliar learning platform operation (OR = 3.692, 95%CI: 3.321 similar to 4.103) were risk factors for satisfactory teaching effect. In addition, students whose school year system is four-year (OR = 0.870, 95%CI: 0.781 similar to 0.969) and grade 4 and above (OR = 0.594, 95%CI: 0.485 similar to 0.727) were more satisfied with the teaching effect of teachers. And, during the period of the COVID-19 epidemic, the risk factors for college students to have psychological stress were: female (OR = 1.258, 95%CI: 1.096 similar to 1.442), from rural areas (OR = 1.511, 95%CI: 1.312 similar to 1.740), and the academic year system is four-year system (OR = 1.191, 95%CI: 1.028 similar to 1.380), using mobile phones and other learning tools (OR = 1.388, 95%CI: 1.205 similar to 1.600), general/unfamiliar with learning platform operations (OR = 2.273), 95%CI: 1.888 similar to 2.735). While the protective factors for college students' psychological stress included: grade three and four and above (OR = 0.463, 95%CI: 0.387 similar to 0.554; OR = 0.232, 95%CI: 0.187 similar to 0.286), and they think that the teaching effect is satisfactory (OR = 0.314, 95%CI: 0.261 similar to 0.379). Conclusion: This survey shows that compared with male college students, female college students were more dissatisfied with the teaching effect of teachers and havd greater psychological pressure on learning. Psychological counseling should be strengthened for students in rural areas and those who were not familiar with the operating platform to relieve their psychological pressure on learning.