Introduction:

Student satisfaction with the education that they receive is a key element for education quality assessment. The disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus represented a health emergency that generated worldwide concern due to its impact on health, economy and education.

Objective:

To assess student satisfaction with the distance courses of the first cycle of a master's degree in atherosclerosis research during COVID-19.

Methods:

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. A survey was used, available in the virtual health classroom at the end of each course. The survey’s data were obtained from the virtual health classroom, entered into an Excel database, and processed with the statistical package SPSS (version 20.0) for Windows.

Results:

For all the courses, the predominant schedules were "during out-of-work hours and on weekends" and "during the working day, during out-of-work hours and on weekends". The most frequently used means of connection were Infomed and mobile data. The best oriented course was "Atherosclerosis, an epidemiological problem". The assessment of aspects related to the professor, the contents, the bibliographic material, communication and technological assurance were satisfactory. The computer and the cell phone were the most frequently used technological devices. The responses regarding satisfaction with the courses ranged between satisfied and very satisfied.

Conclusions:

Most of the assessed aspects received satisfactory ratings. As a positive aspect, the use of the virtual classroom stands out; as a negative one, the difficulty with technological devices and connectivity; and as interesting ones, the acquisition and improvement of skills with distance courses, as well as improving the quality of connectivity.