scholarly journals Logistical Aspects of Different Online Teaching- learning Methods among Medical Students during COVID-19 in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Thrissur, Southern India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajeevan Kundil Chandran ◽  
Sajith Vilambil ◽  
Shajee Sivasankaran Nair ◽  
Sajna Mathumkunnath Vijayan
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Government Medical College ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
Teaching Learning

Introduction: Due to the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) lockdown implemented by the government, we had to transform our classes into the online sphere. The most commonly used methods of online teaching in Government Medical College, Thrissur were, live online lectures, PowerPoint presentations with narrations, prerecorded videos and assignments. Aim: To assess the logistical aspects, merit and demerits of different online teaching-learning methods among phase-1 medical student in a tertiary care teaching hospital during COVID-19 lockdown Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2020 to September 2020, among phase-1 MBBS students of Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, India. Data was collected from 161 students through a questionnaire consisting of two parts. The first part dealt with logistical aspects, like net connectivity, gadget, expenditure, financial burden, residence and eye strain with online teaching learning methods. The second part dealt with the merits and demerits of each type of teaching learning methods, according to the students. All statistical data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 16. Qualitative data was expressed as a percentage. Results: A total of 97.5% population of students was able to frequently access the online classes. Online learning strained the eyes of 47.8% of students. Mobile phones were used by 92.5% of students for attending online classes internet connectivity was mainly through 4G (71.4%) followed by Wi-Fi (19.9%) connections. Their most preferred method of online learning was online live lectures (35.4%) followed by PowerPoint presentations with narrations (33.5%). Blended learning (online and traditional together) was best preferred method of learning (46.6%). Conclusion: Live online lectures and blended learning were preferred by the majority of students. Thus, the online classes can be continued along with the traditional teaching in future.

An Analysis of Perception of Different Online Teaching-Learning Methods among Phase-1 Medical Students of Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala during Covid-19 Lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (32) ◽  
pp. 2950-2955
Author(s):  
Sajeevan Kundil Chandran ◽  
Shajee Sivasankaran Nair ◽  
Sajith Vilambil ◽  
Sajna Mathumkunnath Vijayan ◽  
Purnima Eliz Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Government Medical College ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
Logical Sequence ◽  
Bonferroni Test

BACKGROUND Due to Covid-19 lockdown initiated by the Government, the teaching was transformed to an online sphere. Reflection from students was quite essential for advancement in newer platforms. Thus, perception of various online teachinglearning methods among medical students were assessed. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study conducted among phase-1 MBBS students of Government Medical College, Thrissur. This study was done to analyse medical student’s perceptions on four methods of online classes which included live online lectures, assignments, sending PowerPoint presentations and pre-recorded videos. All statistical data was analysed using SPSS software version 16. Continuous variables was expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Difference between the groups were analysed by simple ANOVA but the subgroup analysis in each variable was done by post hoc analysis with Bonferroni test. The level of significance was kept at 5%. RESULTS When different variables were analysed by anova, it was found out that emphasizing important aspects of topics, describing the contents in a logical sequence and interaction was significantly better in live online lectures. Coverage of learning objectives and description of concepts was significantly better in narrative PowerPoint presentation. Likewise, it significantly helped them to prepare notes for examination. Live online lectures effectively used audio-visual aids and it has aroused interest in the subject. Live online lecture was found to be the best single method as compared to the other three when all ten variables were analysed conjointly. CONCLUSIONS The preferred method for online teaching for phase-1 medical students was online lectures when all variables were analysed. Important aspects of topics were emphasized, the contents were discovered in a logical sequence, the audio-visuals were used effectively, and interest was aroused in topics through live online lectures. All the learning objectives were covered and described very clearly and note preparation was easy in PowerPoint presentation. KEYWORDS Covid-19 Lockdown, Perception, Live Online Lectures, Pre-Recorded Videos, Assignments, Interaction, Learning Objectives, Audio Visual Aids

scholarly journals Comparative evaluation of COVID-19 pandemic enforced online teaching versus traditional teaching from point of view of medical students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Radhika Vijay
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Traditional Mode ◽  
Teaching Learning

Background: The current ongoing coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought a sea change in education teaching learning system, ways and methodologies. Online teaching has been enforced suddenly for students worldwide. It has become a substitute to traditional teaching. Aware of the fact that the Corona pandemic has changed the way of learning teaching, we want to find out what students think about their real predispositions. This study is to compare and evaluate the opinions, preferences, experiences of undergraduate medical students during continuous online classes since the onset of Pandemic times.Methods: A sample size of 115 undergraduate medical students of batch 2019 was taken for the study done in Sardar Patel Medical College of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India in October 2020.A questionnaire was prepared using Google forms application and was filled by students online.Results: Majority of students had a preference and interest for traditional mode of teaching, they agreed on better understanding of concepts and details of topic and grasping more of knowledge through it. But majority of students also agreed that they are getting more time to study now with online teaching.Conclusions: This study gives an in depth insight into the current ongoing online teaching methodologies and throws light on changing acceptance of students to the current COVID-19 pandemic ways of teaching and on welcoming a better “blended learning” pattern in the upcoming Post COVID-19 new normal times.

scholarly journals Comparison between online and traditional teaching-learning among non-clinical medical students

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Masood Mohammed Abdul Aziz ◽  
Masud Imtiaz ◽  
Choudhury Habibur Rasul
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Laptop Computer ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Overall Effectiveness

Background: Medical institutes remained on complete shut down during the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic while Information Technology (IT) bridged the teaching learning between the students and teachers. The study objectives were to determine the opportunities and obstacles of teaching learning process and overall effectiveness of online classes over traditional classes. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2020 to December 2020 between students and teachers of Khulna city Medical College, Khulna, Bangladesh. An online questionnaire was developed using google form containing four sections about different aspects of IT and teaching learning process. Results: Around 87% (160 vs 48) students and teachers responded to the questionnaire. The most preferred online teaching learning platform for students and teachers was zoom (84.4% vs 83.4%) and the favored devices were smart phone (96.2% vs 87.5%) followed by laptop computer (90.6% vs 83.3%). The majority felt connected to each other (82.5% vs 62.5%) and could work faster and effectively (75% vs 66.7%). Conversely, students (65.6%) felt online learning was more enjoyable than teachers (29.2%), where significant difference was found; (p= 0.006). Poor network (98.1% vs 79.1%) and affordability of mobile data (81.2% vs 66.7%) were the two main barriers among them. On-line teaching-learning neither increased student- teacher interaction (51.9% vs 66.7%), nor had better scope of asking question (52.5% vs 70.8%) and there was less scope of explaining details (52.5% vs 66.7%). Oral assessment was the most preferable (89.4% vs 83.3%), but the practical assessment (78.1% vs 83.3%) was the least preferable method for assessing students’ knowledge and skill online. Overall effectiveness of online classes over traditional classes was scored around 50% (±10%) by students and teachers (58.1% vs 62.5%). Conclusion: Despite having barriers like poor network, data affordability and limited computer and net usability, online classes played a pivotal role to continue the academic activities in a medical college during Corona pandemic. BIRDEM Med J 2022; 12(1): 45-50

scholarly journals Students’ perception on online learning during COVID pandemic in a tertiary care teaching hospital

2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 284-290
Author(s):  
Kranti Tekulapally
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Study Participants

Medical and Dental students are exposed to online classes for the first time during the COVID pandemic. The current study was planned to understand their perceptions about these online classes in contrast to classroom teaching and suggest strategies to improve them.A cross-sectional study was carried out among all the students of Malla Reddy Medical College for Women and Malla Reddy Dental College for Women during September 2020. The study questionnaire containing 20 questions was prepared, prevalidated and distributed to all the study participants as google form. Data from completed questionnaires was entered into an excel sheet and analyzed using descriptive statistics.Analysis of data from 279 students revealed that the 69% of the students used smartphones to attend online classes, 96% of them reported having internet problems and 42% of the students enjoyed the online classes. Understanding of the topic and knowledge gained during online classes were rated average and above average by 59% and 53% of the students respectively. Many students felt that long screen hours have made the classes less interesting and caused health issues like headaches, eyestrain, and backache. They also felt that online classes were less interactive and did not provide much clinical and practical knowledge.Students showed a negative response to online classes. There is a need to make online classes more interactive and interesting by using certain strategies like problem-solving activities, quizzes, discussions, surveys, and polls. Faculty should be trained in good online teaching practices to ensure its success.

scholarly journals 1st MBBS professional student’s perception on teaching & learning methods of anatomy, before and at the time of COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2.1) ◽  
pp. 7960-7964
Author(s):  
Upendhar Reddy pulluru ◽  
◽  
Venkateshwar Reddy Muchintala ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Gross Anatomy ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Small Group Teaching ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Teaching Learning

Objectives: COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges to learn the anatomy subject for the students. Perception & online opinion has been taken from the students of SVS medical college, Mahbubnagar, on teaching and learning methods of anatomy, before and at the time of covid-19 pandemic Materials and Methods: students feedback has been collected through google forms - online survey opinion & Inputs were collected from the 113 MBBS students of the academic year 2019-2020, who had just completed their first year syllabus in both offline and online teaching methods, before lockdown and after lockdown (September-2019 to December-2020). Present study was done by using specially designed questionnaire comprising of points relating to the present curriculum in anatomy & teaching methodology at SVS Medical College, Mahbubnagar. Results: Students point of view, online teaching like streaming (ZOOM MEETING, GOTO MEETING & CISCO WEBEX) was not that much effective. Majority of the students opted for the best method for online teaching was recorded video or voice over PPT’S are the best option than the online streaming classes. Finally the students have opted for Traditional teaching like chalk & talk fallowed by PPT Presentation. Gross anatomy was mainly learned by the dissections involved by the students and faculty side by side. Histology was mainly learned by spending the more time on the microscope & involved in small group teaching. Embryology was mainly understood by small group teaching with the help of 3D models. Conclusion: The study concluded that the chalk and talk teaching fallowed by PPT’S, dissection by the students along with the faculty and spending more time on the microscope with small group teaching were the best methods to approach the anatomy subject. KEY WORDS: Students perception, Anatomy teaching learning methods, online and offline, chalk & talk, dissection.

scholarly journals A STUDY ON THE EVALUATION OF SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENT'S PERCEPTIONS AND THEIR FEEDBACK REGARDING TEACHING LEARNING METHODOLOGIES IN PHARMACOLOGY AT GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, SRINAGAR.

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Sabahat Farooq ◽  
Samina Farhat
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
Government Medical College ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Student's Perceptions

The Medical education has been undergoing intense reforms globally. As a result numerous Teaching-learning (T-L) methods are adopted worldwide. Therefore, reforms in undergraduate teaching are of extreme importance. Understanding of current perceptions and opinions of medical students is important for the improvement of teaching-learning methodologies in pharmacology subject. This study completed with the objective to determine the perception and feedback of teaching learning methods in pharmacology.

scholarly journals Medical student’s perception on teaching-learning methods of pharmacology in a medical college

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 665
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Sravanthi Mukku ◽  
Jagadeesh Alla ◽  
Ramya Rachamanti
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Ideal

Background: To know the Medical student’s perception on teaching and learning methods of pharmacology in a medical college attached to tertiary care hospital.Methods: This is a questionnaire based study conducted in a medical college. A pre-validated, pre-designed questionnaire containing 22 points was given to 5th semester students to know their perception on teaching and learning methods.Results: Analysis was done on 150 medical students of a tertiary care hospital. Among them, 80 % wanted the faculty members to make more utilization of Audio-Visual aids for effective learning. 78.67 % students wanted to include case based learning in the curriculum and 86.67% wanted more of the clinical pharmacology to be introduced. A 28% wanted MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) to be included in the assessment of academic performance. A 13.33% felt that the ideal teaching method for learning pharmacology was didactic lectures. A 65% thought ideal teaching/learning media for pharmacology was the combination of LCD (Liquid Crystal display) projector and blackboard.Conclusions: The study revealed the ideal teaching and learning methods in pharmacology for the betterment of students.

scholarly journals Evaluation of pharmacology teaching-learning methods in a government medical college

2016 ◽  
pp. 126-130
Author(s):  
Aritra Ghosh ◽  
Krishnendu Mandal ◽  
Suvadip Biswas ◽  
Saikat Dalui ◽  
Mithilesh Haldar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Government Medical College ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Teaching Learning

scholarly journals Clinical and Etiological Profile of Mycotic Keratitis from a Tertiary Care Centre in South India

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (27) ◽  
pp. 2001-2006
Author(s):  
John Britto Augustin ◽  
Sureshbaboo Variamkandi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Corneal Ulcer ◽  
Fusarium Species ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Government Medical College ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Corneal Ulcers ◽  
Prompt Treatment

BACKGROUND Corneal ulcer is the leading cause of ocular morbidity and monocular blindness worldwide. To effectively prevent blindness in patients with corneal ulcer, a proper understanding of the risk factors predisposing to ulceration, its clinical and microbiological characteristics are essential. Timely identification of aetiological agents causing corneal ulcers and their prompt treatment helps to save the vision. We wanted to detect aetiological agents of corneal ulcer with special references to fungal causes and characterize the fungal aetiological agents to species level. METHODS This is a cross sectional study, conducted in Government Medical college, Kozhikode, between January 2016 and June 2017. All patients who were clinically diagnosed as cases of infectious corneal ulcer in the Ophthalmology department, Government Medical College, Kozhikode were included in the study. Corneal scrapings collected from the infected eye were subjected to microbiological examination and culture. A total of 120 cases were analysed. Each patient was examined with the slit lamp bio microscope after staining with fluorescein. Scrapings from cornea at the site of corneal ulcer were collected by ophthalmologist after a detailed clinical history and examination of the affected eye. The laboratory procedures used in the diagnosis of infectious keratitis were based on direct visualization of organisms by subjecting corneal scrapings to Gram stain and KOH wet mount and inoculation of material on to blood agar and Sabouraud dextrose agar. RESULTS Among the 120 cases, a total of 49 cases were culture positive. Twenty-one [17.5 %] were bacterial, twenty-two [18.34 %] were fungal and six [5.0 %] were poly microbial [bacteria and fungus]. Among the fungal aetiology, fusarium species was most common [32.14 %], followed by aspergillus species - 25.0 %. Trauma was the major risk factor. Diabetes mellitus, exposure keratitis were the other comorbidities / risk factors. CONCLUSIONS This study shows majority of infected corneal ulcers are associated with risk factors and the aetiology are mainly fungi. Microscopy, culture, and clinical correlation helped in adequate management. Thus, prognosis and outcome of corneal ulcers rely on timely identification of their aetiology and prompt treatment. KEY WORDS Corneal ulcer, Fungal Keratitis

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