Impact of COVID Pandemic and Hybrid teaching on Final year MBBS students’ End of clerkship Exam performance

Aaraj, Sahira; Farooqui, Fareeha; Saeed, Nadia; Khan, Sabeen Abid

doi:10.12669/pjms.38.1.4645

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“…The findings indicated that the pandemic did not exert a significant influence on the overall performance of the senior year students. These findings support our assertion that students can study effectively even without direct supervision and meet their deadlines (Aaraj, Farooqi, Saeed, and Khan, 2022).…”

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Difficulties faced by Medical Students of Southern Punjab in E-Learning during COVID-19. A Cross-Sectional Study

Zaidi,

Ishtiaq

2023

HPEJ

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Introduction: Amidst the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, this cross-sectional study investigates the specific difficulties encountered by medical students in southern Punjab while navigating the realm of e-learning in their academic pursuits Objective: The primary objective of this study was to ascertain the challenges faced by MBBS students in southern Punjab while participating in e-learning throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: In May 2020, a cross-sectional study was undertaken during the first wave of COVID-19 lockdown among third and final-year MBBS students attending E-learning sessions. The sample comprised 32 male and 43 female students, totaling 85 in the third year and 18 in the final year, with a targeted response rate of 75 to achieve a 95% confidence interval. Results: The study findings reveal that a significant proportion of participants, comprising 66%, faced challenges in online classes owing to connectivity issues arising from their residency in less developed regions of southern Punjab. Forty percent of students did not face any difficulties during E-learning. These findings indicate that a noteworthy percentage of students, accounting for 60%, possess a negative perspective concerning online classes. Conclusion: Our study participants didnot prefer E-learning, with many reporting internet connectivity issues, particularly those from southern Punjab. We thus recommend that the administration and faculty consider implementing asynchronous e-learning activities to enable students in less-developed areas with poor internet connectivity to benefit from online learning. Keywords: Distance Education, Online Learning, COVID-19, Medical Students

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Difficulties faced by Medical Students of Southern Punjab in E-Learning during COVID-19. A Cross-Sectional Study

Zaidi,

Ishtiaq

2023

HPEJ

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“…A longer offline learning experience decreased the level of anxiety and stress among the medical students, as there were still more achievable clinical skills than those obtained with full online learning methods [ 55 , 56 ]. Our finding was also affected by the participants as our study sample was predominated by preclinical than clinical students, implying that preclinical students still did not understand the importance of offline classes compared with clinical students who require more offline clinical skill development rather than just discussing it online and will soon become professional medical health teams in the field [ 56 – 58 ]. Additionally, hybrid learning methods were likely to improve self-directed learning of the students as they had more time to learn medical skills and theory [ 58 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Our finding was also affected by the participants as our study sample was predominated by preclinical than clinical students, implying that preclinical students still did not understand the importance of offline classes compared with clinical students who require more offline clinical skill development rather than just discussing it online and will soon become professional medical health teams in the field [ 56 – 58 ]. Additionally, hybrid learning methods were likely to improve self-directed learning of the students as they had more time to learn medical skills and theory [ 58 ]. Consistent with our findings, a previous study also reported that students with lower GPAs were more likely to be depressed [ 59 ].…”

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Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health in 729 Medical Students in Indonesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Background:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and mental health worldwide. However, its impact on medical students in Indonesia has not been well documented. This study aimed to evaluate HRQoL and mental health in 729 Indonesian medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material/Methods:We conducted a cross-sectional study from 31 August to 30 September 2021. The study instrument was an online questionnaire that was distributed via social media platforms. The 12-item short form version 2 (SF12v2) was used to measure HRQoL, and the 21-item Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) was used to measure mental health. Results:From 729 Indonesian medical students included in the analyses, 37.3% had impaired physical component and 66.9% had impaired mental component of HRQoL. The determinants were medical students' island of residence, history of hospitalization, and family member's hospitalization and death due to COVID-19. Concerning mental health, the prevalence of reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress were 45.4%, 65.2%, and 60.9%, respectively. Sex, study method, grade, previous COVID-19 disease severity, comorbidities, previous learning experience, and history of family isolation were identified as the determinants of mental health. Conclusions:This study highlights the adverse effects of COVID-19 on HRQoL and mental health in Indonesian medical students. The results identified key associations, including SARS-CoV-2 infection and comorbidities experienced by the students, the health of their families, including grief following bereavement, and the effects of social isolation during the pandemic.

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“…Although COVID-19 policies are designed and deployed for the safety and well-being of people; such policies often create disputes and dissent. A large number of people demonstrate an unwillingness to follow such precautions, especially wearing the facemask [ 17 , 18 ]. People think that wearing a face mask is difficult and may lead to additional respiratory complications if used for a longer period.…”

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Analyzing preventive precautions to limit spread of COVID-19

Ahmad

Rustam²,

Saad³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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With the global spread of COVID-19, the governments advised the public for adopting safety precautions to limit its spread. The virus spreads from people, contaminated places, and nozzle droplets that necessitate strict precautionary measures. Consequently, different safety precautions have been implemented to fight COVID-19 such as wearing a facemask, restriction of social gatherings, keeping 6 feet distance, etc. Despite the warnings, highlighted need for such measures, and the increasing severity of the pandemic situation, the expected number of people adopting these precautions is low. This study aims at assessing and understanding the public perception of COVID-19 safety precautions, especially the use of facemask. A unified framework of sentiment lexicon with the proposed ensemble EB-DT is devised to analyze sentiments regarding safety precautions. Extensive experiments are performed with a large dataset collected from Twitter. In addition, the factors leading to a negative perception of safety precautions are analyzed by performing topic analysis using the Latent Dirichlet allocation algorithm. The experimental results reveal that 12% of the tweets correspond to negative sentiments towards facemask precaution mainly by its discomfort. Analysis of change in peoples’ sentiment over time indicates a gradual increase in the positive sentiments regarding COVID-19 restrictions.

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Impact of COVID Pandemic and Hybrid teaching on Final year MBBS students’ End of clerkship Exam performance

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Difficulties faced by Medical Students of Southern Punjab in E-Learning during COVID-19. A Cross-Sectional Study

Difficulties faced by Medical Students of Southern Punjab in E-Learning during COVID-19. A Cross-Sectional Study

Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health in 729 Medical Students in Indonesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Analyzing preventive precautions to limit spread of COVID-19

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