Volume: 8 Issue: 1
Year: 2020, Page: 34-37,
Introduction: Covid -19 virus originated in china and spread to most of countries including India . WHO declared it as pandemic . In respond to COVID-19, many countries have now introduced travel restrictions and lockdown . In India lockdown was implemented in march 2020. Educational institutions were closed and teaching classes were postponed . Many medical colleges started online teaching during lockdown.
Objectives: The present study was conducted to survey the efficacy of various online teaching methods for first year MBBS students
Methods: This is questionnaire based study with help of Google forms. . Faculties were involved in various online teaching classes during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period. Results : It was observed that live online video lectures was preferred method of online teaching. Sharing of PPT , PDF , e- books ,study material files to students has its own importance. The study shows that online teaching learning has some advantages and disadvantages. Conclusion : Online teaching -learning is a good method to continue education during this COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
Keywords: Covid -19 , lockdown , Online teaching , MBBS students.
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Bhanarkar U, Berad A, Senthil Kumar K. Study on online teaching methods for the first year MBBS students in lockdown period of COVID-19 pandemic in India. Perspectives in Medical Research 2020; 8(1): 34-37