Official Title
Hiccups and Obstacles Of E-Learning Among Medical Students; A Cross-sectional Survey From Pakistan
Brief Summary

The COVID-19 Pandemic is the characterizing worldwide wellbeing emergency within recentmemory. Since its development in Asia before the end of last year, the infection hasspread to each mainland with the exception of Antarctica. Countries are dashing tomoderate the spread of the illness by testing and treating patients, completing contactfollowing, restricting travel, isolating residents, and dropping huge social occasionslike games, shows, and educational institutes.As almost every institution was closed for the safety of human kind. All educationalinstitutes were also closed for any kind of education. Also, In Pakistan all educationalinstitutes were closed since march 2020. It was impossible to keep educational activitiesclosed for long. In order to keep educational activities in working e-learning wasintroduced through out the world. As many other countries Pakistan also startede-learning for all students.

Detailed Description

A world is transitioning from physical classes to hybrid studies. Pakistan is listed
among third world country the availability of infra structure for hybrid study is not
well developed, as consequence many hurdles and barriers are being faced by students,
this has also been seen during covid-19 too. Distance E-learning in medical education may
represent a suitable alternative to traditional learning to deliver high-quality
education. The availability of essential infrastructures and efficient institutional
strategies represent a major challenge for integrating distance learning in medical
education.

During the pandemic, instructors and teaching staff were required to adapt quickly to the
rapid transition in the education process and depend completely on the online platforms
available, to deliver their courses, exams, and other required teaching and learning
activities. While rapid transition to distance online learning was a mandatory and
necessary action to ensure the learning continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was
not always a smooth process, that posed many challenges for instructors, learners.

Distance E-Learning is defined as using technology to deliver training, including
technology supported learning either online, offline, or both. It is aimed at the
effective construction of knowledge regarding individual experience, practice, and
knowledge of the learners and students. Internet-based learning, computer-based learning,
virtual classrooms, and digital collaboration all represent different types of e-learning

Recruiting
COVID-19
E-learning
Medical Student

Other: Google form

- Self-administrated Questionnaire will be used for online survey. A pilot study was
conducted on 30 sample size to check the reliability of questionnaire via
statistical test.

- A Five-point Likert scale (strongly disagree, disagree somewhat, Neutral, agree
somewhat, strongly agree)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

All undergraduate medical students of Pakistan.

Exclusion Criteria:

Postgraduate Medical students Teaching Faculty

Eligibility Gender
All
Eligibility Age
Minimum: 18 Years ~ Maximum: 25 Years
Countries
Pakistan
Locations

BUMDC
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Investigator: rabia khan, Msc(PT)
Contact: 00923452310047
iamrabiakhan@gmail.com

Contacts

Rabia Khan, Msc(PT)
+923452310047
iamrabiakhan@gmail.com

Muhammad Usman, PPDPT
+923333172771
usman.bumdc@gmail.com

Rabia Khan, Msc(PT), Principal Investigator
Bahria University

Bahria University
NCT Number
Keywords
Covid-19
obstacles
Screen Time
MeSH Terms
COVID-19