Department of Anatomy, Universal College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi, Nepal.
Department of Community Medicine, Universal College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2021 Mar 31;59(235):276-279. doi: 10.31729/jnma.5348.
Sudden outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has affected the educational system worldwide, forced the medical colleges to close due to lock down, and disrupted the classroom face-to-face teaching process. As a result, medical colleges shifted to an online mode of teaching. The aim of this study is to find out the perception towards online classes during COVID-19 lockdown period among MBBS and BDS students at a medical college of Nepal.
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out at Universal College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital among first and second year Bachelor in Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor in dental surgery students from 1st June 2020 to 30th August 2020. Ethical approval was taken from Institutional Review Committee of Universal College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital (IRC UCMS, Ref: UCMS/IRC/025/20). Convenient sampling method was used. Semi-structured questionnaire was used. Statistical Package for Social Sciences 22 was used for analysis and frequency and percentage was calculated.
One hundred fifty six (73.93%) students were enjoying online learning only to some extent, 135 (63.98%) felt online class not equally effective as face-to-face teaching. The students had disturbance during online classes as internet disturbance 168 (79.60%), and electricity problem 47 (22.3%). Similarly, many students 155 (73.50%) felt external disturbance, headache 26 (12.3%), and eye strain 26 (12.3%).
Most of the students suffered from disturbances during online classes probably because of internet and electricity problem. When compulsory to conduct online classes, students felt that not more than three online classes per day should be conducted to avoid eye strain and headache.
COVID-19 大流行的突然爆发影响了全球的教育系统，迫使医学院因封锁而关闭，并打乱了课堂面对面教学过程。因此，医学院转向了在线教学模式。本研究旨在了解尼泊尔一所医学院的 MBBS 和 BDS 学生在 COVID-19 封锁期间对在线课程的看法。
这是一项在环球医学院和教学医院进行的描述性横断面研究，对象为来自 2020 年 6 月 1 日至 8 月 30 日第一和第二年医学学士、外科学士和牙科外科学士的学生。该研究已获得环球医学院和教学医院机构审查委员会的伦理批准（IRC UCMS，Ref：UCMS/IRC/025/20）。使用方便抽样法。使用半结构式问卷进行调查。使用社会科学统计软件包 22 进行分析，并计算频率和百分比。
156 名（73.93%）学生只是在一定程度上享受在线学习，135 名（63.98%）学生认为在线课程不如面对面教学有效。学生在在线课程中存在干扰，如 168 名（79.60%）学生因互联网干扰，47 名（22.3%）学生因电力问题而受到干扰。同样，许多学生 155 名（73.50%）感到外部干扰，26 名（12.3%）学生头痛，26 名（12.3%）学生眼睛疲劳。
大多数学生在在线课程中受到干扰，可能是因为互联网和电力问题。当必须进行在线课程时，学生们认为每天不应进行超过 3 节在线课程，以避免眼睛疲劳和头痛。
