Do Phase 1 MBBS students embrace E-learning intensely? A comparative study between rural and city based medical colleges of West Bengal, India

Authors

  • Sanhita Mukherjee Professor, Department of Physiology, Rampurhat Govt. Medical College, Rampurhat, Birbhum, West Bengal,, India
  • Sagarika Sarkar Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata-700014
  • Hrishikesh Bagchi Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Malda Medical College, Malda, West Bengal
  • Diptakanti Mukhopadhyay Professor, Department of community medicine, College Of Medicine & Sagar Dutta Hospital, Kamarhati, Kolkata, West Bengal 700058

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjme.v14i1.63677

Keywords:

Students’ perception, E-learning vs Face-to-face learning

Abstract

Introduction: This study investigated medical students’ perception of E-learning and online assessment during Covid-19 and their suggestion to overcome the problems.

Method: A total of 300 1st year medical students of Calcutta National Medical College and Rampurhat Govt. Medical College were surveyed by a pre-validated semi-structured questionnaire that was provided to the 2021-22 batch.

Result: Among 242 respondents (169 at CNMC and 73 at RPHGMC)159 were males (mean age 20.14 ±2.22yrs.) and 83 were females (mean age 19.65±.1.1yrs.). 68.8% of students of both the colleges revealed that offline traditional teaching is more preferrable than e-leaning. They reported that e-learning is not much effective in practical physiology teaching. Poor network, Technical glitches and lack of communication with teachers are outlined as major barriers in online teaching.

Conclusion: Students did not prefer e-teaching over face-to-face teaching during the lock down situation.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.14(1) January 2023: 3-16

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2023-01-07

How to Cite

Mukherjee, S. ., Sarkar, S. ., Bagchi, H. ., & Mukhopadhyay, D. . (2023). Do Phase 1 MBBS students embrace E-learning intensely? A comparative study between rural and city based medical colleges of West Bengal, India. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education, 14(1), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjme.v14i1.63677

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2023)

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