Title

Views on virtual education during the COVID-19 pandemic among medical and paramedical students in India

Authors

Yuvaraj Maria Francis¹, PK Sankaran², CP Kirthika^3,*, Balaji Karunakaran¹, S Sathish Kumar⁴, D Karthikeyan⁵, Madhan Krishnan⁶ & Shyamaladevi Babu⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Thandalam, Chennai- 602 105, India; ²Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri -52008, Andhra Pradesh, India; ³Department of Anatomy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai : 6000116, India; ⁴Department of Community Medicine, Vinayaka Missions Medical College and Hospital, Karaikal, Pondicherry, India; ⁵Department of Microbiology, Vinayaka Missions Medical College and Hospital, Deemed university, Karaikal, Pondicherry, India; ⁶Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, chengalpattu- 603103 India. *Corresponding author

Email

Yuvaraj Maria Francis - E-mail: sujinalways@gmail.com; +91 9952929636
Sankaran PK- E-mail: drpks@live.com; +91 8148876508
CP Kirthika - E-mail: cpkirthika@gmail.com; +91 9884125962
Balaji K- Email: mevsig@gmail.com; +91 9894763124
Sathish Kumar S - Email: ssksathish14@gmail.com; +91 9688536654
Karthikeyan D - Email: karthikeyan49@yahoo.com; +91 9790218268
Madhan K - Email: kmadhan91@gmail.com; +91 9787695346
Shyamaladevi B - Email: Shyamdevi06@gmail.com; +91 8940829264

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received May 24, 2022; Revised June 30, 2022; Accepted June 30, 2022, Published June 30, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the educational institutions to implement the mandatory virtual learning in medical education. It is undeniable that electronic gadget aided learning have a significant role to play during a pandemic. Both faculty and students are getting accustomed to this ‘New Normalcy’. Therefore, it is of interest to determine the effectiveness and perception of virtual teaching and learning during the COVID 19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted in which 336 medical and 336 paramedical students of both the genders with age group of 17 - 21 years participated. The data obtained were analyzed using the SPSS software. The shift from class room teaching to virtual learning has led to many health issues among students such as eye strain, anxiety, depression, musculoskeletal problems and obesity. The students also had inadequate time to interact with faculties. Data shows that virtual learning an alternative mode to traditional method during a pandemic.

Keywords

COVID 19 pandemic, Education, Medical students, Perceptions, Virtual learning and teaching

Citation

Maria Francis et al. Bioinformation 18(6): 518-524 (2022)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.