Statistics in Medicine in DAD: first results on experience of Nursing degree courses at the University of Turin

In March 2020, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus emergency, all the ItalianUniversities experimented the distance learning (DAD - Didattica a Distanza). In order toevaluate the effects of the DAD on the academic career, the present paper presents somepreliminary results relating to the performance of students attending to the Medical Statisticscourse of the Nursing degree in three campus of the University of Turin in the Academic Years2019-2020 and 2020-2021. The effect of DAD on student’s performance was evaluated usingLogistic regression models and the results are showed in terms of OR adjusted for gender, ageand campus. The results show that DAD did not bring particular limitations to the students,highlighting on the contrary evident benefits in terms of organization and management oflessons and exams. Moreover, the level of students’ satisfaction at the end of the courseincreased in DAD.