Menon Unnikrishnan K, Gopalakrishnan Suja, Unni C Sumithra N, Ramachandran Riju, Baby Poornima, Sasidharan Anu, Radhakrishnan Natasha
Professor (ENT), Faculty, MEU, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Associate Professor (Physiology) & Professor, Faculty, MEU, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Med J Armed Forces India. 2021 Feb;77(Suppl 1):S227-S233. doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2021.01.006. Epub 2021 Feb 2.
Medical education all over the country has been forced to shift to e-learning, mainly online classes. In this scenario, the medical education department (MEU) of a teaching hospital under a deemed university felt the need to study the satisfaction and usefulness of these classes, as perceived by the undergraduate medical students.
Questionnaire survey was planned. A specially designed questionnaire was created, keeping in mind, the study objectives. It was validated, and a pilot was conducted, for modifications and to calculate sample size. The questionnaire was administered by email as Google Forms. The responses, which included quantitative and qualitative responses, were analysed, and feedback points noted. Percentage level of satisfaction and usefulness was calculated with 95% confidence interval. To test the statistical significance of the association of satisfaction levels amongst students of different Phases, chi square test was used.
On a scale scoring for satisfaction, 53.6% scored moderate, 31% high, and 15.4% low satisfaction. 49.8% of the students were less satisfied about attending classes from home; 15.7% felt it was better. 57.1% of the students found the concept of online learning moderately useful, 31.4% found it minimally useful, 11.5%, highly useful.
The undergraduate medical students perceived moderate satisfaction and usefulness with the on-going online classes. They expressed the desire to resume routine physical classes, especially for practicals and clinics. Points of improvement of the online teaching-learning programme were also obtained. This study revealed sufficient feedback to be shared with all stakeholders, regarding improvements in the online classes.
全国各地的医学教育都被迫转向电子学习，主要是在线课程。在这种情况下，一所被视为大学的教学医院的医学教育部门（MEU）认为有必要研究本科医学生对这些课程的满意度和实用性。
计划进行问卷调查。根据研究目标设计了一份专门的问卷。对问卷进行了验证，并进行了预试验，以进行修改和计算样本量。问卷通过电子邮件以谷歌表单的形式发放。对包括定量和定性回答在内的回复进行了分析，并记录了反馈要点。计算了满意度和实用性的百分比水平以及95%的置信区间。为了检验不同阶段学生满意度关联的统计学显著性，使用了卡方检验。
在满意度评分中，53.6%的人评分中等，31%的人评分高，15.4%的人评分低。49.8%的学生对在家上课不太满意；15.7%的人认为更好。57.1%的学生认为在线学习的概念有一定用处，31.4%的人认为用处不大，11.5%的人认为非常有用。
本科医学生对正在进行的在线课程的满意度和实用性评价中等。他们表示希望恢复常规的实体课程，特别是实践课和临床课。还获得了在线教学计划的改进要点。这项研究揭示了足够的反馈，可以与所有利益相关者分享，以改进在线课程。
