Perception of E-learning among Medical Students of VIMS, Ballari, Karnataka: A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

With COVID-19 pandemic disrupting the educational system, the professional medical teaching has been shifted
to online mode soon after the Government’s decision to impose nation-wide lock-down.
A cross sectional study was carried out among medical undergraduate in VIMS to know their perception on elearning.
The questionnaire was administered through google forms and the results were analysed using descriptive
statistics. Among 340 study subjects, the mean age was found to be 20.47 and the majority of responders were first
year undergraduates. Most students depended on smartphones for attending classes. The maximum satisfaction
index (55.47%) observed with more time spend on homework and the minimum (39.85%) with greater ability to
concentrate in online class. On a Likert scale of perception assessment 32.9% of students disagreed with conducting
online classes followed by 31.2% remained neutral. Overall experience recorded bad with 57.6%. Online learning
has been the need of the hour but it should be backed up with traditional learning for effective results.