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. 2022 Aug 25:11:274.
doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1450_21. eCollection 2022.

Effect of webinars in teaching-learning process in medical and allied health science students during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

Janani Sivaramalingam  1 , Kalai Selvi Rajendiran  2 , Monisha Mohan  3 , K S Premlal  4 , Santosh Kumar Yadhav  5 , G D V Satyamurthy  6 , Surendar Rangasamy  7 , M Diravyaseelan  8 , Lendiwabang Jamir  9 , Durgesh Kumar Umaraj Pandey  10 , Surapaneni Krishna Mohan  2   11 , Ananda Vayaravel Cassinadane  12
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Effect of webinars in teaching-learning process in medical and allied health science students during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

Janani Sivaramalingam et al. J Educ Health Promot. .

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.

Keywords: COVID-19; E-learning; pandemic; specific learning objectives; webinar.

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Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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(a) Gender characteristics of the participants. (b) Education characteristics of the participants
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(a) Purpose of attending webinars. (b) Purpose of attending webinars among medical and allied health science students. (c) Purpose of attending webinars among males and females
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Technical glitches faced by participants
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Webinars with Question and answer session
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Suitability of the speed of the webinars with individual learning and retention
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Response breakdown of interest in future webinar cum workshops
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