From face-to-face to virtuality. Experiences in nursing professor at universities from Medellín city during confinement by COVID-19

Abstract

During the pandemic, educational institutions closed their physical spaces to give continuity to training processes through virtual environments. In this study, the objective was to describe the experience of face-to-face to virtuality in nursing professor in the city of Medellin during the period of confinement. Qualitative study of a descriptive exploratory type, with the participation of 12 informants with whom theoretical saturation was achieved through open interviews, with prior informed consent; which were transcribed in their entirety and analyzed under the technique of content analysis. Four categories emerged in the results: face-to-face, (the relevance of face-to-face interaction is indicated), the context of virtuality, (the situation of uncertainty in the face of an unfamiliar methodology is described); the experience in virtuality, (the inhibitors and facilitators of the transition to virtuality are shown) and the effects of virtuality, (the changes produced in response to the transition are evidenced). It was concluded that, in the transition from face-to-face to virtuality was experienced as a situation of anguish, uncertainty, and lack of knowledge that, as we went through it, generated transformations in the way of teaching and learning.