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Volume 12 Issue 2 ( April- June) 2023

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Perception of medical faculty towards using videoconferencing tools for undergraduate medical teaching after COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Rinku Bhagora, Dr. MadhavKadam, Dr. Atul Kumar Pandey, Dr. Vesti Randa Solanki

Background and Objectives: During COVID-19 pandemic, videoconferencing emerged as a prominent modality for online medical teaching. However, there is a noticeable scarcity of studies that explore the perception of medical teachers regarding continued teaching using teleconferencing platforms even after the pandemic. The primary aim of this survey was to assess the perception of medical teachers towards the same.Materials and Methods: Medical teachers from a tertiary care hospital and teaching medical college participated in this prospective observational cross-sectional online survey. A Likert scale-based questionnaire was used to assess their demographic information, perception, experience, and satisfaction.Results: Out of 178 faculty members, 121 (76 males, 45 females) participated in the study (response rate 67.98%). The faculty members had a mean age of 36.6 years (range: 25-66 years). Majority of the faculty did not encounter Internet connection issues during e-teaching sessions. The department of community medicine had the highest participation. Laptops were the most commonly used electronic devices for online teaching, followed by smart phones. Zoom meeting was the preferred videoconferencing platform for online teaching. Overall, the faculty members had a positive perception and experience with the teaching modalities used.Conclusion: The faculty members exhibited a positive perception of the digital education methods utilized for teaching undergraduate medical students. We strongly advocate for the continued integration of videoconferencing platforms in medical education to complement traditional classroom teaching once the pandemic situation subsides.

 
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