Perceptions of medical students towards online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national cross-sectional survey of 2721 UK medical students

ObjectivesTo investigate perceptions of medical students on the role of online teaching in facilitating medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic.DesignCross-sectional, online national survey.SettingResponses collected online from 4th May 2020 to 11th May 2020 across 40 UK medical schools.Parti...

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Published in:BMJ open 2020-11, Vol.10 (11), p.e042378-e042378
Main Authors: Dost, Samiullah, Hossain, Aleena, Shehab, Mai, Abdelwahed, Aida, Al-Nusair, Lana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Education, Distance - methods
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods
Female
Humans
Internet
Learning
Male
Medical Education and Training
Medical students
Online instruction
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Schools, Medical
Social networks
Students, Medical
Surveys and Questionnaires
Telemedicine
United Kingdom
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Summary:ObjectivesTo investigate perceptions of medical students on the role of online teaching in facilitating medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic.DesignCross-sectional, online national survey.SettingResponses collected online from 4th May 2020 to 11th May 2020 across 40 UK medical schools.ParticipantsMedical students across all years from UK-registered medical schools.Main outcome measuresThe uses, experiences, perceived benefits and barriers of online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic.Results2721 medical students across 39 medical schools responded. Medical schools adapted to the pandemic in different ways. The changes included the development of new distance-learning platforms on which content was released, remote delivery of lectures using platforms and the use of question banks and other online active recall resources. A significant difference was found between time spent on online platforms before and during COVID-19, with 7.35% students before versus 23.56% students during the pandemic spending >15 hours per week (p
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042378