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Student’s and Faculty’s perceptions of online learning in MBBS teaching

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Dr. Asha

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Background: Medicine is universally known as a practically oriented subject. This study puts in an effort to find the student’s and faculty’s perceptions of online learning. This is a very important study because we know the MBBS course is very much practically oriented and what impact does the online classes will be able to put is the question. Aims and Objectives: To study the student’s and faculty’s perceptions of online learning. Materials and Methods: This study was done in Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalore. The study was done from May 2017 to Nov 2018. A set of validated questionnaire was given to the students and teachers. 120 students MBBS phase 1 students were requested to participate in this study after taking written consent. All staff who were involved in the teaching of these students (n=30) were also asked to fill in a questionnaire to understand their perceptions. Results: There is a significant difference between the teachers and the student’s perception scores. Conclusion: The results of the present study show that online teaching can effectively supplement regular offline teaching

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