Student Readiness to e-learning in Clinical Medicine. COVID Experience of Gynaecology Clerkship Students of Shifa College of Medicine

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10.2991/assehr.k.210930.036How to use a DOI?

Keywords

“active learning”, “educational activity”, “motivation”

Abstract

PURPOSE: Undergraduate medical curriculum does not impart e-skills hence students learning outcomes may vary [1]. The use of exclusive e-learning during COVID has put forth the question “has targeted student learning been achieved?” As the educational environment in e-class has different dynamics, teaching strategies effective in classrooms may become irrelevant in online teaching and learning [2]. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between student readiness, motivation, and engagement in e-learning. METHODS: To identify the relationship between student readiness to e-learning and their motivation and engagement in learning we used a validated questionnaire [3]: to assess the e-learning readiness of fourth and final year students of Shifa College of Medicine We used another feedback questionnaire to gather the COVID experience of these students’ parents. RESULTS: Multiple regression analysis showed that student’s e-readiness was a strong predictor of students’ engagement and motivation in e-learning. The student who scored high on computer skills had a better perception of the e-learning climate. Parental feedback brought forward the issue of all institutions conducting their interactive teaching sessions at the same time leading to problems in the provision of logistics and interruption-free educational environment for more than one sibling creating a lot of parental stress. CONCLUSION: Medical educationists need to incorporate technology-based learning as an integral part of an undergraduate medical curriculum. They have to focus on e-learning climate dynamics as they vary from on-campus learning and affect student engagement in e-learning.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Gulshan Ara Saeed
AU  - Tasneem Akhtar
AU  - Hira Suleman
AU  - Ahmad Sultan Zaheer
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/01
TI  - Student Readiness to e-learning in Clinical Medicine. COVID Experience of Gynaecology Clerkship Students of Shifa College of Medicine
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Education (ICME 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 189
EP  - 194
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210930.036
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210930.036
ID  - Saeed2021
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