Online medical teaching during COVID-19 lockdown: perceptions by the South-Indian Faculty
Background: The nationwide lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic tremendously impacted the medical teaching-learning process. This study aimed to assess medical teachers’ perceptions about various aspects of online teaching-learning during the lockdown. Methods: A survey questionnaire was develop...
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| author | Pratima M. Bhutkar Suganthi Vajiravelu Milind V. Bhutkar Deepti Shastri |
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| description | Background: The nationwide lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic tremendously impacted the medical teaching-learning process. This study aimed to assess medical teachers’ perceptions about various aspects of online teaching-learning during the lockdown. Methods: A survey questionnaire was developed using Google Forms and emailed to medical teachers in India. Responses were analyzed and their significance was assessed using a chi-square test with an alpha of 0.05. Results: Out of 294 eligible responses, 70% belonged to deemed universities. 42.86% of teachers were preclinical, 23.81% paraclinical and 33.33% belonged to clinical subjects. Overall, 93.88% of faculty felt online teaching is time-consuming and 92.52% felt face-to-face classes are better. Almost 52% of faculties were reluctant to continue online classes after the lockdown. Approximately 53% of teachers believed that the maximum number of students would have utilized this facility, but still, a significant number of teachers were uncertain whether students would have benefited this activity. A significantly greater number of preclinical and paraclinical teachers conducted both theory and practical examinations as well as viva examinations, whereas clinical teachers primarily conducted theory examinations. Only 21.77% of teachers were satisfied with the conduct of examinations. Conclusion: Medical teachers have adapted themselves to teaching online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Google Classroom was the most preferred platform and live synchronous classes were the most preferred choice for delivering the classes. Most of the faculty perceived that online teaching was time-consuming. They were skeptical about the active involvement of students in this process. Moreover, they felt that the reliability of online assessments needed improving. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b40c9a688fb242c5bfdecf18faf487202024-01-21T07:41:09ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesResearch and Development in Medical Education2322-27192023-10-01121151510.34172/rdme.2023.33110rdme-33110Online medical teaching during COVID-19 lockdown: perceptions by the South-Indian FacultyPratima M. Bhutkar0Suganthi Vajiravelu1Milind V. Bhutkar2Deepti Shastri3Department of Physiology, Swamy Vivekanandha Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu 637205, IndiaDepartment of Physiology, Vinayaka Mission’s K.V. Medical College & Hospitals, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (DU), Salem, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Physiology, Swamy Vivekanandha Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu 637205, IndiaVinayaka Mission’s K.V. Medical College & Hospitals, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (DU), Salem, Tamil Nadu, IndiaBackground: The nationwide lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic tremendously impacted the medical teaching-learning process. This study aimed to assess medical teachers’ perceptions about various aspects of online teaching-learning during the lockdown. Methods: A survey questionnaire was developed using Google Forms and emailed to medical teachers in India. Responses were analyzed and their significance was assessed using a chi-square test with an alpha of 0.05. Results: Out of 294 eligible responses, 70% belonged to deemed universities. 42.86% of teachers were preclinical, 23.81% paraclinical and 33.33% belonged to clinical subjects. Overall, 93.88% of faculty felt online teaching is time-consuming and 92.52% felt face-to-face classes are better. Almost 52% of faculties were reluctant to continue online classes after the lockdown. Approximately 53% of teachers believed that the maximum number of students would have utilized this facility, but still, a significant number of teachers were uncertain whether students would have benefited this activity. A significantly greater number of preclinical and paraclinical teachers conducted both theory and practical examinations as well as viva examinations, whereas clinical teachers primarily conducted theory examinations. Only 21.77% of teachers were satisfied with the conduct of examinations. Conclusion: Medical teachers have adapted themselves to teaching online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Google Classroom was the most preferred platform and live synchronous classes were the most preferred choice for delivering the classes. Most of the faculty perceived that online teaching was time-consuming. They were skeptical about the active involvement of students in this process. Moreover, they felt that the reliability of online assessments needed improving.https://rdme.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/rdme-12-15.pdfmedical educationteaching during covid-19teaching-learning during pandemic |
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| title | Online medical teaching during COVID-19 lockdown: perceptions by the South-Indian Faculty |
| title_full | Online medical teaching during COVID-19 lockdown: perceptions by the South-Indian Faculty |
| title_fullStr | Online medical teaching during COVID-19 lockdown: perceptions by the South-Indian Faculty |
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| title_short | Online medical teaching during COVID-19 lockdown: perceptions by the South-Indian Faculty |
| title_sort | online medical teaching during covid 19 lockdown perceptions by the south indian faculty |
| topic | medical education teaching during covid-19 teaching-learning during pandemic |
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