Impact of Lockdown due to COVID-19 Pandemic on Undergraduate Ophthalmology Teaching: Students’ and Teachers’ Perspective
Introduction: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has forced the union government to close the educational institutions. The medical teaching had to go digital. Digital learning has advantages but not without limitations and challenges. Aim: To analyse the impact of lockdown due to COVI...
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2021
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| Sumario: | Introduction: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
has forced the union government to close the educational
institutions. The medical teaching had to go digital. Digital learning
has advantages but not without limitations and challenges.
Aim: To analyse the impact of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic
on undergraduate ophthalmology teaching and learning and explore
the perception of faculty and students regarding its advantages,
limitations and recommendations.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted
among ophthalmology faculty and pre final year students from
six government and 11 private medical colleges through online
Google questionnaire which was initially validated by three
faculty and 10 students had Cronbach’s value-0.70. Based on
the pilot study, the questionnaire was modified. Valid responses
were entered in data sheets and Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences (SPSS) version 24.0 was used to analyse the data.
Chi-square test was used to find out the association between
symptoms post online classes and duration of online classes
and gender of the students. The p-values <0.05 were considered
significant.
Results: Approximately, 1500 students and 65 faculty were
approached online. Out of which there were 1015 respondents,
967 valid responses were considered for analysis (929 students
and 38 faculty). More than 70% of the students used mobile
phone for attending online classes. Zoom (≈40%) and Google
meet (≈30%) were the commonly used applications. A total of
79.3% of medical students and 84.2% of faculty disagreed to
continue with online classes after the pandemic. Lack of faceto-face interaction, practical demonstration and on-campus
life, connectivity issues and eye symptoms post online classes
were the major disadvantages. Availability of gadgets, internet
connectivity and self-discipline were the major challenges faced.
The ocular symptoms were marginally more in females (p-value
>0.05) and in those with extended duration of attending online
classes (p-value <0.05). Post online lectures, none of the faculty
had non-ocular symptoms. In comparison to the medical
students, 78.9% of the faculty (30/38) always maintained proper
screen position whereas 64.4% of students (598/929) did not
always maintain proper screen position.
Conclusion: According to this study, learners preferred less
duration of online classes, improvement in e-teaching quality
with interactive lectures and demonstration. Teachers preferred
improved infrastructure and network connectivity. This study
gives an insight of students and teachers mentality towards the
online ophthalmology classes. |
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