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Medical education in post-pandemic times: Online or offline mode of learning?
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face training was suspended considering social-distancing norms. The training needs of the healthcare workers (HCWs) were being met by the online mode. Initially, the use of the online mode was limited but was eventually pop...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505568 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2305_21 |
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author | Rastogi, Aayushi Bansal, Akanksha Keshan, Pranav Jindal, Ankur Prakash, Arun Kumar, Vinay |
author_facet | Rastogi, Aayushi Bansal, Akanksha Keshan, Pranav Jindal, Ankur Prakash, Arun Kumar, Vinay |
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description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face training was suspended considering social-distancing norms. The training needs of the healthcare workers (HCWs) were being met by the online mode. Initially, the use of the online mode was limited but was eventually popularized with increased use. This would have led to a change in the perception toward the online mode. However, the use of online learning has financial and temporal obstacles. With this objective, a study was conducted among the HCWs to assess the perception, satisfaction, and preference associated with the modes of learning. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from February to April 2021 among the HCWs. An online link to the survey was circulated among the HCWs who attended online or/and offline training. The questionnaire had 38 questions assessing the sociodemographic details, perception, satisfaction level, and preferences of the participants. Univariable and multivariate logistic regression were performed using SPSS v-22. RESULTS: A total of 1,113 responses were received with the mean age of 33.17 ± 8.13 years and approximately 63% of the participants were females. Approximately 54% perceived the online mode of learning as a better mode of learning. Also, 67% preferred and 80.5% recommended the online mode whereas mean satisfaction was found to be more for the offline mode as compared to the online mode. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS: The study concludes that the online mode of learning is the most preferred and recommended mode among the HCWs, whereas there is more dissatisfaction with respect to the online mode. The study also emphasizes that the instructors need to improve the practical knowledge of the learners by integrating technical modalities. |
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spelling | pubmed-97310272022-12-09 Medical education in post-pandemic times: Online or offline mode of learning? Rastogi, Aayushi Bansal, Akanksha Keshan, Pranav Jindal, Ankur Prakash, Arun Kumar, Vinay J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face training was suspended considering social-distancing norms. The training needs of the healthcare workers (HCWs) were being met by the online mode. Initially, the use of the online mode was limited but was eventually popularized with increased use. This would have led to a change in the perception toward the online mode. However, the use of online learning has financial and temporal obstacles. With this objective, a study was conducted among the HCWs to assess the perception, satisfaction, and preference associated with the modes of learning. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from February to April 2021 among the HCWs. An online link to the survey was circulated among the HCWs who attended online or/and offline training. The questionnaire had 38 questions assessing the sociodemographic details, perception, satisfaction level, and preferences of the participants. Univariable and multivariate logistic regression were performed using SPSS v-22. RESULTS: A total of 1,113 responses were received with the mean age of 33.17 ± 8.13 years and approximately 63% of the participants were females. Approximately 54% perceived the online mode of learning as a better mode of learning. Also, 67% preferred and 80.5% recommended the online mode whereas mean satisfaction was found to be more for the offline mode as compared to the online mode. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS: The study concludes that the online mode of learning is the most preferred and recommended mode among the HCWs, whereas there is more dissatisfaction with respect to the online mode. The study also emphasizes that the instructors need to improve the practical knowledge of the learners by integrating technical modalities. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-09 2022-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9731027/ /pubmed/36505568 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2305_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Rastogi, Aayushi Bansal, Akanksha Keshan, Pranav Jindal, Ankur Prakash, Arun Kumar, Vinay Medical education in post-pandemic times: Online or offline mode of learning? |
title | Medical education in post-pandemic times: Online or offline mode of learning? |
title_full | Medical education in post-pandemic times: Online or offline mode of learning? |
title_fullStr | Medical education in post-pandemic times: Online or offline mode of learning? |
title_full_unstemmed | Medical education in post-pandemic times: Online or offline mode of learning? |
title_short | Medical education in post-pandemic times: Online or offline mode of learning? |
title_sort | medical education in post-pandemic times: online or offline mode of learning? |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505568 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2305_21 |
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