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Hiccups and Obstacles Of E-Learning Among Medical Sudents

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

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05943743
Enrollment
600
Registered
2023-07-13
Start date
2022-12-20
Completion date
2025-12-15
Last updated
2025-01-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Covid-19, E-learning, Medical Student

Keywords

Covid-19, obstacles, Screen Time

Brief summary

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.

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

Interventions

OTHERGoogle 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)

Sponsors

Bahria University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

All undergraduate medical students of Pakistan.

Exclusion criteria

Postgraduate Medical students Teaching Faculty

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Difference of students educational level will assessed using Likert scale30 daysDuring 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.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Majority of students are facing internet and accessibility problems during online classes30 daysstudents problem during online classes assessed using likert scale in which 1 means minimum issues facing and 5 means maximum issues facing during online classes

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Level of interest among students were very low due to online classes30 daysInterest 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

Countries

Pakistan

Contacts

Primary ContactRabia Khan, Msc(PT)
iamrabiakhan@gmail.com+923452310047
Backup ContactMuhammad Usman, PPDPT
usman.bumdc@gmail.com+923333172771

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026