Experience of the Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators on the Online Teaching During COVID-19 Outbreak 2021

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Table 1. Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators’ rank, subspecialties, years of experience, and their colleges’ years of Commence

Rank	Frequency		Valid (%)		Physical therapy subspecialty			Frequency	Valid (%)
Lecturer	40		40.4		Basic Sciences and Biomechanics			30	30.4
Full or associate professor	22		22.2		Cardiopulmonary Disorders and Geriatrics			21	21.0
Assistant lecturer	17		17.2		Pediatrics			19	19.0
Current or former top management rank^a	16		16.2		Musculoskeletal Disorders			10	10.0
Demonstrator	4		4.0		Integumentary			8	8.0
Total responses	99		100.0		Neurology			8	8.0
Missing data	3		2.9		Women’s Health			4	4.0
					Total Responses			100	100.0
					Missing Data			2	2.0
^aDean, Vice-dean, Department chair
Participants’ experience (Years)^a		Frequency		Valid(%)		Participants- colleges’ commence (Years)^b	Frequency		Valid (%)
1–9		52		52.0		1–9	59		59.5
10–19		24		24.0		10–19	3		3.0
20–29		17		17.0		20–29	13		13.1
30–39		5		5.0		30–39	0		0.0
40–49		2		2.0		40–49	0		0.0
Total responses		100		100.0		50–60	24		24.2
Missing data		2		2.0		Total responses	99		100.0
						Missing data	3		2.9
^aMinimum = 1 year, Maximum = 40 years, Mode = 6 years						^bMinimum = 1 year, Maximum = 59 years, Mode = 8 years

Table 2. University sector and previous COVID-19 disease of the Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators

University sector	Frequency	Valid (%)	Previous disease with COVID-19	Frequency	Valid (%)
Public	51	50.5	Not diseased	58	58.0
Private	50	49.5	Diseased	42	42.0
Total responses	101	100.0	Total responses	100	100.0
Missing data	1	1.0	Missing data	2	2.0

Table 3. Practices of the Egyptian Physical Therapy Colleges and Educators during COVID-19 outbreak 2021

Participants’ use of online teaching before COVID-19 outbreak
Use of online teaching				Frequency			Valid percentage (%)
No previous use				83			83.00
Previous use				17			17.0
Total responses				100			100.0
Missing data				2			2.0
b. Availability of institutional training and practice of self-training on online teaching
Institutional training	Frequency	Valid percentage (%)			Self-training	Frequency			Valid percentage (%)
Available	76	75.2			Practiced	93			93.0
Not available	25	24.8			Not practiced	7			7.0
Total responses	101	100.0			Total responses	100			100.0
Missing data	1	1.0			Missing data	2			2.0
c. Duration of institutional and self-training on online teaching
Hours of training		Institutional training				Self-training
Minimum		0				0
Maximum		40				60
Median		4				6
Mode		0				2
d. Availability of educational support center
Availability of the educational support center/unit		Institutional				College
Frequency		Valid percentage (%)				Frequency		Valid percentage (%)
Available		78	78.7			53		54.1
Not available		1	1.0			45		45.9
I am not sure		20	20.2
Total responses		99	100.0			98		100.0
Missing data		3	2.9			4		3.9

Table 4. Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators’ profile regarding online teaching during COVID-19 outbreak 2021

Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators delivered types of instructions
Instruction type	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Theoretical	74	40.0
Practical instruction	22	11.9
Clinical	5	2.7
Theoretical + Practical+ Clinical	27	14.6
Theoretical + Practical	33	17.8
Theoretical + Clinical	11	5.9
Practical + Clinical	13	7.0
Total	185	100.0
b. The used approaches of the online teaching
Approach
Synchronous	24	28.6
Asynchronous	9	10.7
Mixed	51	60.7
Total Responses	84	100.0
c. The placement of application of online teaching
Placement
Work	5	5.7
Home	32	36.4
Both	51	58.0
Total Responses	88	100.0
d. Schedule of the instruction for online teaching from home
Instruction schedule
During the usual working hours (9 am- 4 pm)	38	45.8
Outside the usual working hours (9 am- 4 pm)	45	54.2
Total responses	83	100.0
e. Time style of communication with the students
Allowed communication time style
Only during the scheduled instruction time	10	11.8
Outside the scheduled instruction time during the daytime but not nighttime	18	21.2
Any time	57	67.1
Total responses	85	100.0

Figure 1. Satisfaction of the Egyptian Physical therapy Educators’ regarding online teaching training during the COVID-19, 2021 (N = 100).

Figure 2. Frequency of use of the different types of courses during COVID-19 outbreak 2021 in Egyptian physical therapy colleges (N = 245 courses).

Figure 3. Frequency of used online teaching tools/activities by the Egyptian Physical therapy Educators during COVID-19 outbreak 2021.

Figure 4. Frequency of used online teaching applications by the Egyptian Physical therapy Educators during COVID-19 outbreak 2021.

Table 5. Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators/theirinstitutions’ characteristics of positive association with online teaching during COVID-19 outbreak

a. Previous use of online teaching and Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators’ academic experience (N = 100), (P = 0.033)
Academic experience (Years)			Previous use of online teaching		Total
			No previous use	Previous use
1–9	Count (Raw %)		43 (82.7%)	9 (17.3%)	52.0 (100.0%)
10–19	Count (Raw %)		21 (87.5%)	3 (12.5%)	24 (100.0%)
20–29	Count (Raw %)		15 (88.2%)	2 (11.8%)	17 (100.0%)
30–39	Count (Raw %)		4 (80.0%)	1 (20.0%)	5 (100.0%)
40–49	Count (Raw %)		0 (0.0%)	2 (100.0%)	2 (100.0%)
Total	Count (Raw %)		83 (83.0%)	17 (17.0%)	100 (100.0%)
b. The university sector and the provision of institutional training (N = 101), (P = 0.003)
University sector			Provision of institutional training		Total
			No	Yes
Public		Count (Row %)	19 (37.3%)	32 (62.8%)	51 (100.0%)
Private		Count (Row %)	6 (12.0%)	44 (88.0%)	50 (100.0%)
Total		Count (Row %)	25 (24.8%)	76 (75.2%)	101 (100.0%)

Figure 5. Perception of the Egyptian Physical therapy Educators regarding online teaching usefulness to physical therapy colleges (N = 100).

Figure 6. Perception of the Egyptian Physical therapy Educators regarding online teaching suitableness to instruction’s types during COVID-19 outbreak.

Figure 7. Satisfaction of the Egyptian Physical therapy Educators and students regarding quality of the delivered courses during COVID-19 outbreak.

Figure 8. Perception of the Egyptian Physical therapy Educators Regarding the online teaching advantages during COVID-19 outbreak (N = 158 responses).

Figure 9. Perception of the Egyptian Physical therapy Educators regarding the online teaching disadvantages during COVID-19 outbreak (N = 111 responses).

Figure 10. Perception of the Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators regarding their colleges readiness for online teaching during COVID-19 outbreak (N = 100 responses).

Figure 11. Perception of the Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators regarding their students technical skills and their self-efficacy during COVID-19 outbreak.

Figure 12. Perception of the Egyptian Physical therapy Educators regarding online teaching challenges during COVID-19 outbreak (N = 116 responses).

Figure 13. Satisfaction of the Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators regarding college’s support of physical/infrastructure resources during COVID-19 outbreak.

Figure 14. Social negative effect and financial over whelming of the Egyptian Physical therapy Educators by the online teaching from home during COVID-19 outbreak.

Figure 15. The overall satisfaction of the Egyptian Physical Therapy Educators regarding the online teaching during COVID-19 outbreak 2021 (N = 61).