Hiccups and Obstacles Of E-Learning Among Medical Sudents

August 6, 2023 updated by: Rabia Khan, Bahria University

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

The COVID-19 Pandemic is the characterizing worldwide wellbeing emergency within recent memory. Since its development in Asia before the end of last year, the infection has spread to each mainland with the exception of Antarctica. Countries are dashing to moderate the spread of the illness by testing and treating patients, completing contact following, restricting travel, isolating residents, and dropping huge social occasions like games, shows, and educational institutes.

As almost every institution was closed for the safety of human kind. All educational institutes were also closed for any kind of education. Also, In Pakistan all educational institutes were closed since march 2020. It was impossible to keep educational activities closed for long. In order to keep educational activities in working e-learning was introduced through out the world. As many other countries Pakistan also started e-learning for all students.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

600

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Undergraduate students of both private and government sector of medical institutes.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

All undergraduate medical students of Pakistan.

Exclusion Criteria:

Postgraduate Medical students Teaching Faculty

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Difference of students educational level will assessed using Likert scale
Time Frame: 30 days
During lockdown due to covid-19 medical students studies effected drastically. Academic level will be measured through likert scale in which 1 means good, 2 means average and 3 means below average. Academic level will be compared on the basis of students reply before and during covid academic result.
30 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Majority of students are facing internet and accessibility problems during online classes
Time Frame: 30 days
students problem during online classes assessed using likert scale in which 1 means minimum issues facing and 5 means maximum issues facing during online classes
30 days

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Level of interest among students were very low due to online classes
Time Frame: 30 days
Interest level towards studies was low may be due to technical issues. these parameters will be assessed through Likert Scale, in which 1 means strongly agree, 2 means agree, 3 means neutral, 4 mean disagree and 5 means strongly disagree
30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Bahria University

Investigators

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

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 20, 2022

Primary Completion (Estimated)

November 30, 2023

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 16, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 5, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

July 13, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 9, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 6, 2023

Last Verified

August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ERC 115/2022

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

Data collection procedure, results and limitation and strengths will be shared through publication.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

By the end of year 2023

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Publications

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • ICF

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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