European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Due to advent of technology and internet, teaching too is now largely utilizing these modern devices and internet to impart education to the children. When it was mandatory to keep social distancing and hence avoid regular classes for medical students during the dreadful COVID pandemic, it was decided to teach the 1st year MBBS students online using the technology and the internet. This study aimed at determining if the students found this novel online teaching to be helpful or not. Methodology: A total of 100 1st year MBBS students in a tertiary medical college in central India were included in the study from September 2020 to February 2021 for 6 months. It was an observational study and an informed consent from the students was taken prior to the study. Classes were conducted as usual as per the institutional guidelines and feedback forms were collected after that. Results: Out of total 100 students, 65 were girls and 35 were boys. Average age of the class was 19.2  1.1 years. 85% had used mobile phones and internet for education before and 15% had never used it for education purpose. 75% had a concentration time of 30 minutes. About 50% students faced internet issues and faced moderate disturbance during the classes. 85% used mobile phones for the classes. 60% students opined that such online classes are effective for teaching anatomy while 40% told that it was not effective. Conclusion: The study concludes that currently online classes for the subject like anatomy are not as effective as regular classroom teaching. The factors could be low motivation, technology and internet problems, low attention span etc.