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ArticleCureus2022

Perception of Online Learning Among Undergraduate Medical Students of Eastern India: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Pratibha Rao Lahiri, Sumana Panja, MunMun Chattopadhyay, Jyotirmoy Biswas, Arkadeep Dhali, Gopal Krishna Dhali

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Pratibha Rao LahiriDepartment of Physiology, North Bengal Medical College, Siliguri, IND.
Sumana PanjaDepartment of Physiology, Medical College Kolkata, Kolkata, IND.
MunMun ChattopadhyayDepartment of Physiology, Medical College Kolkata, Kolkata, IND.
Jyotirmoy BiswasDepartment of General Medicine, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata, IND.
Arkadeep DhaliDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, School of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, IND.
Gopal Krishna DhaliDepartment of Gastroenterology, School of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, IND.

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Background In 2020 WHO declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak as a global pandemic. To flatten the curve of infection, a nationwide lockdown was declared by the Indian government. All the schools and colleges were shut for an indefinite period. Like all other streams, medical education also got severely hampered. Adapting themselves to the changing environment, teachers started using different teaching-learning methods and media to get across to the students. The objective of the research was to study the perception of medical students towards online teaching during the COVID pandemic. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted by the distribution of a pre-validated online questionnaire to medical students of West Bengal. From the collected data, relevant statistical averages and census domains were calculated. The chi-square test was done and assessed with a p≤0.05 significance level. Results A significant increase was noted in the time spent by students on various online teaching activities (p<0.05). Video tutorials, e.g., YouTube, were ranked as the most effective mode (17.2%), followed by live tutorials via Microsoft Teams, etc. (8.9%). A significant number (30.2%) of students strongly favoured online teaching over face-to-face teaching. Major challenges of online learning cited by students were internet connectivity issues (79.8%) followed by family distraction (37.9 %) and inconvenient timing of the classes (20.1%). Conclusion Our study highlighted the benefits, disadvantages and barriers to online learning from the perspective of undergraduate medical education in India. Even though the online mode of teaching was found to be beneficial in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it cannot be used as an absolute substitution for face-to-face teaching in the given context.

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covid-19 pandemicmedical curriculummedical educationmedical studentsonline learning

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