Sajeevan Kundil Chandran1, Shajee Sivasankaran Nair2, Sajith Vilambil3, Sajna Mathumkunnath Vijayan4, Purnima Eliz Thomas5
BACKGROUND
Due to Covid-19 lockdown initiated by the Government, the teaching was
transformed to an online sphere. Reflection from students was quite essential for
advancement in newer platforms. Thus, perception of various online teachinglearning
methods among medical students were assessed.
METHODS
This is a cross-sectional study conducted among phase-1 MBBS students of
Government Medical College, Thrissur. This study was done to analyse medical
student’s perceptions on four methods of online classes which included live online
lectures, assignments, sending PowerPoint presentations and pre-recorded videos.
All statistical data was analysed using SPSS software version 16. Continuous
variables was expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Difference between the
groups were analysed by simple ANOVA but the subgroup analysis in each variable
was done by post hoc analysis with Bonferroni test. The level of significance was
kept at 5%.
RESULTS
When different variables were analysed by anova, it was found out that
emphasizing important aspects of topics, describing the contents in a logical
sequence and interaction was significantly better in live online lectures. Coverage
of learning objectives and description of concepts was significantly better in
narrative PowerPoint presentation. Likewise, it significantly helped them to
prepare notes for examination. Live online lectures effectively used audio-visual
aids and it has aroused interest in the subject. Live online lecture was found to be
the best single method as compared to the other three when all ten variables were
analysed conjointly.
CONCLUSIONS
The preferred method for online teaching for phase-1 medical students was online
lectures when all variables were analysed. Important aspects of topics were
emphasized, the contents were discovered in a logical sequence, the audio-visuals
were used effectively, and interest was aroused in topics through live online
lectures. All the learning objectives were covered and described very clearly and
note preparation was easy in PowerPoint presentation.
