A Cross-Sectional Study of Online Medical Education and Traditional Offline Education at Tertiary Care Hospital, Barpeta, Assam (India)
Creators
- 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College & Hospital, Barpeta, Assam, India
- 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College & Hospital, Barpeta, Assam, India
- 3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Dhubri Medical College & Hospital, Dhubri, Assam, India
- 4. Professor & Head, Department of Biochemistry, Lakhimpur Medical College & Hospital, North Lakhimpur, Assam, India
Description
Background: Teaching methods for undergraduate medical students has seen a big transformation with the rapidly advancing technology. It has shifted from earlier chalk and talk method to hybrid mode where both online as well as offline facility are utilized. With the onset of Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, there was a boom in online learning. We tried to assess the acceptability of this mode of teachings amongst the medical students and find out challenges if any to make it more accessible to medical students. Methods: A qualitative observational study was carried out at Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College & Hospital, Barpeta, Assam, India. A total of 480 medical students were enrolled in the study out of 100 students per batch capacity after considering the exclusion criteria but online questions answer were submitted by 468 students. Results were analysed using MS-excel and results were expressed in percentage. Results: We classified the questions based on psychological aspects, health aspects and technical aspects. Although responses were subjective based questions but overall on psychological, health and technical aspects, students preferred offline over online mode of teaching. On a rating scale of 0 to 10, 22.64% students gave rating above 7 for online teaching while 44.87% students gave rating above 7 for offline teaching. Discussion: In modern day medical science, knowledge can be gathered from different sources. Technology is inevitable. Technology has made life better but challenges are also there. It is therefore, important for the teachers and the medical students as well as persons involved in planning medical education to update skill in technology and do necessary capacity building so that the technology can be harnessed in the most effective way to impart right knowledge amongst the medicos.
Abstract (English)
Background: Teaching methods for undergraduate medical students has seen a big transformation with the rapidly advancing technology. It has shifted from earlier chalk and talk method to hybrid mode where both online as well as offline facility are utilized. With the onset of Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, there was a boom in online learning. We tried to assess the acceptability of this mode of teachings amongst the medical students and find out challenges if any to make it more accessible to medical students. Methods: A qualitative observational study was carried out at Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College & Hospital, Barpeta, Assam, India. A total of 480 medical students were enrolled in the study out of 100 students per batch capacity after considering the exclusion criteria but online questions answer were submitted by 468 students. Results were analysed using MS-excel and results were expressed in percentage. Results: We classified the questions based on psychological aspects, health aspects and technical aspects. Although responses were subjective based questions but overall on psychological, health and technical aspects, students preferred offline over online mode of teaching. On a rating scale of 0 to 10, 22.64% students gave rating above 7 for online teaching while 44.87% students gave rating above 7 for offline teaching. Discussion: In modern day medical science, knowledge can be gathered from different sources. Technology is inevitable. Technology has made life better but challenges are also there. It is therefore, important for the teachers and the medical students as well as persons involved in planning medical education to update skill in technology and do necessary capacity building so that the technology can be harnessed in the most effective way to impart right knowledge amongst the medicos.
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2024-04-26
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