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Sivaramalingam J, Rajendiran KS, Mohan M, Premlal KS, Yadhav SK, Satyamurthy GDV, Rangasamy S, Diravyaseelan M, Jamir L, Pandey DKU, Mohan SK, Cassinadane AV. Effect of webinars in teaching-learning process in medical and allied health science students during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study. J Educ Health Promot 2022; 11:274. [PMID: 36325216 PMCID: PMC9621355 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1450_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has brought all sectors to be dwindled with no exception of the academic system. Even professional courses like medical and allied health academic courses were also not spared. The academic requirements were not met as required to do so. Webinar has become a good source of virtual platform acting as a bridge for attaining the gaps in accomplishing the curriculum to the students during these curfew times. Our study aimed to know the value of webinars on teaching-learning processes among the medical and allied health science students in India. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study design is a cross-sectional study with 2084 students who attended at least one webinar. An online survey questionnaire was sent, and the data were collected on participant's perspective on the effectiveness of webinar, post webinar assessment by their satisfactory level of gain of information through webinars and their plan to apply in future. RESULTS Participant's perspective on effectiveness of webinar showed 66.7% of agreement with the webinar use. In post webinar assessment, the use of webinar was in agreement with 69.9% of the participants. Furthermore, we observed a significant association with the gain of information in post webinar assessment (P < 0.05) and a significant association with their plan to apply in future (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Our results showed that the students were satisfied with the webinar teaching and acknowledged it to be an effective tool in the teaching-learning process to gain new knowledge and wish to attend webinars in future as a part of their curriculum. Thus, webinars have a constructive effect in the teaching and learning process in professional courses during pandemic lockdown.
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Affiliation(s)
- Janani Sivaramalingam
- Department of Biostatistics, Community Medicine, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Panimalar Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Community Medicine, Malabar Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chettinad Health City, Kelambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Community Medicine, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of General Medicine, North Bengal Medical College, Siliguri, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Panimalar Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Department of Medical Education, Panimalar Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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