COVID-19 pandemic and medical students' knowledge, attitude, and practice on online teaching-learning process in a medical institute in Northern India

Lahon, Joonmoni Shukla Pooja Singh Arpita Jain Atul Brahma Dhriti Kumar Adhaulia Garima Kama Parul Abbas Alisha

[...]it is far from ideal when learning clinical and practical skills, professionalism, communication, etc. [...]the rapid transition to online education has not been adequately tested. [4] Thus, the routine teaching and training of medical students in all teaching hospitals have been compromised, even medical conferences, workshops, etc., were postponed or cancelled altogether. Since the course duration of both undergraduate and postgraduate students is fixed, the suspension of regular classes and clinical rotations has hampered the pedagogical process. [...]medical students can get infected during a clinical session with a patient who is SARS-COV-2 positive, or they can serve as a career, thus harming the patient, their colleagues, and even their family members. [5] Although remote learning is enabling course continuation, it is far from ideal when learning clinical skills, professionalism, communication, etc. [...]the rapid transition to online education has not been adequately tested. The questionnaire comprised of different sections which included demographic profile of the participants, 8 items pertaining to respondents' knowledge on online teaching-learning methods, 16 items on their attitude toward the online teaching, and 10 items on respondents' views on the practices and applicability of e-learning for medical education.