COVID-19 Pandemic and E-Learning Satisfaction in Medical and Non-Medical Student: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rapid shift in student education style from face-to-face to electronic learning. Since the education satisfaction index is considered as a measure of the quality of education-al services, therefore, this study aimed to assess E-Learning Satisfaction (ELS) in medical and non-medical stu-dents during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Articles that had been published from 22 Dec 2019 to 4 Jan 2021 were identified through searching databases including PubMed, Scopus, Elsevier, Google Scholar, Web of Science and Iranian Scientific Infor-mation Database (SID), Health.barakatkns, IranDoc, Civilica and MagIran using the following keywords: “Dis-tance learning”, “Virtual learning”, “E-Learning”, “Satisfaction”, “COVID 19”. We systematically reviewed all studies that reported ELS. In this study, meta-analysis was used to estimate the pooled ELS. Results: Overall, 184 records were identified by the electronic search, of which 24 relevant studies were includ-ed in meta-analysis. The pooled ELS in medical, non-medical and overall were 58.1% (50.5%-65.7%), 70.1% (66.8%-73.5%) and 63.8% (58.9%-68.8%) respectively. Conclusion: According to our results and lower ELS in medical students in comparison with non-medical stu-dents, designing new E-Learning methods for medical students has been suggested.