Medical school faculty Members and students Perceptions of Challenges to online learning during corona pandemic: Qualitative content analysis

Introduction: It is clear that The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted an education system like other areas of society. The current research aimed to investigate faculty members' and medical students’ perceptions towards E-learning challenges during the Covid-19. Methods: This qualitative study was performed by purposive sampling among students (N=16) and faculty members (N=6) in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences in 2020. After obtaining informed consent from the participants, all semi-structured interviews were recorded one by one, handwritten, and analyzed by qualitative content analysis. To assess the accuracy and reliability of data was confirmed from various methods.  Results: From the data analysis, two main themes include "turmoil in the organization" (with the main classes of technical concerns, time concerns, and educational alienation) and "organizational uncertainty" (with the main classes of fundamental inconsistency and managerial inconsistency) were extracted.as virtual educational challenges. Conclusions: Based on the result, there are challenges of management and organization in relation to managers' emphasis on the importance of e-learning and the issue of supporting these training. Paying attention to the challenges and obstacles in e-learning can greatly improve the quality of higher education.