Medical education during COVID-19 associated lockdown: Faculty and students' perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lockdown imposed due to novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in adopting electronic learning (e-learning) as the means of education in various institutions all over India. This study aimed to collect the experiences of faculty and students regarding e-learning in medical colleges during COVID-19 and to analyse the likely perceived benefits and problems to choose blended learning activities after the COVID crisis.

Methods

A survey-based study was conducted among undergraduate students and faculty members in medical colleges of Delhi-NCR.

Result

Two hundred forty-eight medical students and 23 faculty members participated in the study. Two hundred twelve (85.4%) students considered medical education to be severely affected during the lock

SUBMITTER: Gupta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873682 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature