Student perceptions towards online learning in medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Barche, Apurv Nayak, Veena Pandey, Arvind Bhandarkar, Ajay nayak, Shalini G Nayak, Kirtana
Copyright Year	2022
Abstract	Background: This mixed-methods study was undertaken to ascertain undergraduate medical students’ perceptions of remote learning following the COVID-19 restrictions. 545 students participated in this study. Methods: Data was collected using a validated questionnaire and four focus group discussions. Results: Regarding recorded lectures, the quantitative findings indicated that they were important during online learning and the qualitative findings explained that the recorded lectures enabled individual students to pace and customize their learning. The majority of the students agreed that recorded lectures were relevant to their learning, though they watched less than 50% of recorded lectures. Qualitative findings described procrastination as the rationale for not watching the videos. The online live lectures had a relatively higher percentage of contribution towards learning in comparison with instructor recorded video lectures. Students were more engaged with live lectures, and 63.3% of respondents agreed. Qualitative findings confirmed the opportunities for interacting with peers and better clarification of doubts by teachers during live lectures. Conclusions: Online learning with recorded and live lectures provided continuity in medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic. When compared to recorded video lectures, synchronous live lectures were regarded as superior by students largely due to the opportunity to directly communicate with the instructor and receive quick feedback.
Volume Number	11
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9880340
PubMed reference number	36761835
Journal	F1000Research [F1000Res]
e-ISSN	20461402
DOI	10.12688/f1000research.123582.1
Language	English
Publisher	F1000 Research Limited
Publisher Date	2022-08-25
Publisher Place	London, UK
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright: © 2022 Barche A et al.
Subject Keyword	Online teaching online live lectures recorded lectures remote learning synchronous online learning.
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Immunology and Microbiology Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Medicine Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology