Abstract
<strong>Objective</strong> The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception, attitudes, and barriers faced by students during the online anatomy course. <strong>Materials and methods</strong> A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried using a questionnaire, based on available feedback questionnaires from the faculty and published questionnaires, pilot tested and finalized. It was distributed via Google-forms to 185 second-year students who had undergone 2 semesters of online teaching. <strong> </strong> <strong>Results</strong> A total of 115 Google-forms were received. Females represented 50.9%, with a mean age of 21.9±1.022 years. Smartphones (86%) were mainly used to access online material while mobile data (79.8%) was the commonest method of internet access. Online learning tool usage was: Moodle-98.2% Zoom-94.7% and Youtube-66.7%. Attitudes towards online learning were positive (77.2%) with prior preparation for teaching sessions as high as 97.4% and active participation in the online sessions (81.6%). Majority preferred Moodle for online lectures (81.74%), histology practical sessions (89.57%) and slide projections (82.74%) while for gross practical sessions it was Moodle (80.87%) and Youtube (41.74%). For tutorials (70.44%) and discussions (76.52%) majority preferred Zoom sessions. Of the respondents 57.9% feared lack of direct anatomy learning might have an impact on their clinical skills in future. The major problems of online learning were identified as lack of self-motivation, lack of onsite practicals, and increased screen time. <strong>Conclusion</strong> Though majority of participants agreed that onsite anatomy teaching and learning cannot be replaced by the online course, the attitude towards it appears to be mostly positive during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights
The COVID 19 infection is a serious global health threat, continuing its spread across the world
Though majority of participants agreed that onsite anatomy teaching and learning cannot be replaced by the online course, the attitude
The aim of this study is to assess the student perception of the current online teaching program, to understand the attitudes of students, their preferences and the barriers faced in learning anatomy via the online platform, with a view to improving the delivery of subject matter to preclinical medical students
Summary
The COVID 19 infection is a serious global health threat, continuing its spread across the world. It has caused a pandemic with a growing number of cases and considerable mortality rate, infecting more than 90 million 35. Universities in the country with the spread of This situation has changed the day to day life of individuals throughout the world. Guidelines to prevent the spread of the disease. Unlike developed countries, this was a big education is a must for the betterment of a country and a society and prolonged periods without education will have a bad impact on the future. Educators and teachers had to use alternative methods of teaching and learning to overcome this issue and as a result internet and webbased teaching and learning came to play a major role in continuing education during the pandemic
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