Study on online teaching methods for the first year MBBS students in lockdown period of COVID-19 pandemic in India

• Main Author: Ujwala Bhanarkar1 , Akshay Berad2 , K. Senthil Kumar3
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences 2020-04-01
• Series: Perspectives In Medical Research
• Subjects: covid -19; lockdown; online teaching; mbbs students
• Online Access: https://www.pimr.org.in/2020-vol8-issue-1/originalarticle5_v1.pdf

Introduction: Covid -19 virus originated in china and spread to most of countries including India . WHO declared it as pandemic . In respond to COVID-19, many countries have now introduced travel restrictions and lockdown . In India lockdown was implemented in march 2020. Educational institutions were closed and teaching classes were postponed . Many medical colleges started online teaching during lockdown. Objectives : The present study was conducted to survey the efficacy of various online teaching methods for first year MBBS students Methods : This is questionnaire based study with help of Google forms. . Faculties were involved in various online teaching classes during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period. Results : It was observed that live online video lectures was preferred method of online teaching. Sharing of PPT , PDF , e- books ,study material files to students has its own importance. The study shows that online teaching learning has some advantages and disadvantages. Conclusion : Online teaching -learning is a good method to continue education during this COVID-19 pandemic crisis.