Open AccessAssessing the Role of Internal Motivation and Extrinsic Factors on Online Undergraduate Medical Teaching in a Resource-Poor Setting During Covid-19 Pandemic in North India: An Observational Study
Author(s) -
Shivani Dhingra,
Navbir Pasricha,
Eti Sthapak,
Rajan Bhatnagar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in medical education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7258
DOI - 10.2147/amep.s312812
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , the internet , medical education , government (linguistics) , curriculum , pandemic , psychology , socioeconomic status , covid-19 , medicine , pedagogy , population , computer science , environmental health , clinical psychology , linguistics , disease , world wide web , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychometrics , philosophy
The unprecedented academic environment brought by the COVID-19 pandemic led to the evolution of online teaching as an ineluctable tool for education and training. To ensure that the undergraduate teaching curriculum does not become another victim of the virus, online teaching was started in most medical schools. The undergraduate students enrolled in our institution hail mostly from rural areas and small townships with limited internet connectivity and accessibility due to poor socioeconomic status. This study highlights the students' perception of and motivation towards online classes in respect to internet connectivity and accessibility during COVID-19 pandemic. Since online teaching is essentially a student-centered learning approach, the motivational level of students plays an important role in making teaching protocols effective.