Description of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Actions of UKI Medical Faculty Students towards Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a change in the medical education system throughout the world to an online learning system to reduce the potential spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. Online learning activities have been going on for approximately two years since the government imposed restrictions on face-to-face learning activities. This research aims to describe the knowledge, attitudes and actions of Indonesian Christian University Faculty of Medicine students class 2018 to 2020 towards online learning. This research was conducted on 436 students in January 2022 using a questionnaire as a research instrument. The response rate of this research was 55.5% with a total of 242 students responding. Most of the respondents were women from the class of 2018 to the class of 2020 with an age range of 17-23 years and while participating in online learning lived with their families. The proportion of students with good knowledge was 74.4% (180 respondents). Most students (62.4%) agreed that online learning could be applied at FK UKI and 40.5% of respondents felt that online learning was more comfortable and flexible compared to conventional learning. A total of 101 respondents (41.8%) admitted that they still adhere to the same study schedule as before the pandemic. 96.3% of students took good action by maximizing the use of the internet and digital media for learning activities during the online learning period. Keywords: online learning, COVID-19, attitudes, actions