Title 

Perception Regarding Online Teaching among Undergraduate Students of a Peripheral Medical College of West Bengal: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.

Authors 

Surajit Lahiri, Saptarshi Chatterjee, Sohanjan Chakraborty, Mainak Tarafder

Abstract 

Background: COVID 19 pandemic has severely impacted medical education and residency training all over the world. Tele-teaching via online platforms became an apt solution as a result. This study was conducted on MBBS undergraduate students of Bankura Sammilani Medical College to describe their perception regarding elearning. Materials and methods: All the students of 4th and 6th semester MBBS of Bankura Sammilani Medical College were given a pre-designed, pre-tested Google form questionnaire and their responses were collected. Results: 73.12% students were satisfied or very satisfied in live lecture class compared to only 28.46% in live practical class. However, for theory classes, majority felt traditional class as superior than online modes with respect to understanding of content (85.77%), less distraction during class (58.10%), interaction with faculty (88.54%), interaction with peers (86.96%), clearing of doubts (83.79%). Virtual mode gained superiority in recording of information (66.40%), flexibility of class timing (64.03%) and flexibility of continuation of class (51.78%). For practical classes, majority thought that traditional modality is better than virtual modes with respect to all the parameters. Conclusion: Majority of students considered traditional teaching as a better mode of teaching than virtual mode of class.

 Keywords

Online class, Pandemic, Remote teaching, Virtual learning.

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