Impact of online education on medical students
Keywords:
COVID-19, medical students, online classes, educationAbstract
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.
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