Impact of online education on medical students

Abstract

Introduction: - COVID-19 is the most significant viral disease spread by a coronavirus, is developing very fast all over the world, and it is becoming a world threat. Crisis e.g. pandemic situation harms the education process, and academic function. To destroy the barriers that covid-19 creates, the government decided to start classes on an online platform. Then in 2020, all universities and colleges will provide education through an online platform. This study aims to detect how medical students get classes, and what type of problems they face during online learning. Method: - The online questionnaire was developed with closed-ended questions. Email and social media were used to conduct a cross-sectional survey. Through a Google form, 512 answers were obtained from various medical colleges. Results: - Out of 512 responses 249 (48.6%) were male and 263 (51.4%) were female. The majority of the students who answered, 345 (67.6%), were taking online classes. Smartphones were used by the majority of the classes 321 (63.1%). The most of students (268 (52.7%) said the online classes were ineffective, 173 (34%), said they were as usual, and only 68 (13.4%) said they were effective.

Impact of Closure of Medical Colleges due to COVID 19: The Scenario of Online Classes and Learning Outcome in Undergraduate Medical Students.

“…62.7% students marked other issues including demonstration issues, patient history taking difficulties, and hand on exposure issues. 15 In our study most of the students (52.74%) did not recommend such type of online classes for upcoming medical students in future and only 16.25% students recommend this online platform. Another similar study in India, 58.3% medical students did not recommend this online class for medical students in future and only 13.8% students recommend this.…”

“…Also eyesight problems, depression, anxiety were developed in 17.2%, 12.9% and 9.3% medical student's respectively. 15 Our study revealed that 91.13% students used mobile phone for attending online classes. Laptop, tablet including ipad, desktop were used by 27.42%, 20.67%, 3.79% medical students respectively.…”

“…Another similar study in India, 58.3% medical students did not recommend this online class for medical students in future and only 13.8% students recommend this. 15 Another key question was causal factor of lack of interest in online classes. We found that the main causal factor was no face to face interaction reported by 65.82% of medical students and the second causal factor was more theory than clinical case discussion (56.11%).…”