Medical journal, Armed Forces India
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Med J Armed Forces India · Feb 2021
Medical education during COVID-19 associated lockdown: Faculty and students' perspective.
The lockdown imposed due to novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in adopting electronic learning (e-learning) as the means of education in various institutions all over India. This study aimed to collect the experiences of faculty and students regarding e-learning in medical colleges during COVID-19 and to analyse the likely perceived benefits and problems to choose blended learning activities after the COVID crisis. ⋯ Implementation of e-learning within the existing curriculum is bound to be challenging; however, it remains the only solution during COVID-19 imposed lockdown for maintaining the chain of learning.
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Med J Armed Forces India · Feb 2021
Rapid transition to online practical classes in preclinical subjects during COVID-19: Experience from a medical college in North India.
COVID-19 pandemic compelled medical schools to opt for online mode in medical education. The competency-based curriculum started in India last year onwards allotted more hours to practical teaching than lectures. As the lockdown extended, there was a need to shift laboratory teaching to online mode. We describe our experience of developing and implementing a framework to rapidly shift practical lab teaching of preclinical subjects to online mode. ⋯ DEAPP framework was found to be feasible for rapid online transition of practical lab teaching and reported by the students and teachers as engaging, enjoyable and motivated learning.