Perception of medical students regarding E- learning and related depression during Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The rapidly evolving Covid-19 pandemic has challenged health systems and created socioeconomic devastation worldwide. Medical student education has not been immune to these disruptive forces (Hueston et al., 2020). Due to its contagious nature, COVID-19 demanded containment and enforced isolation that tremendously affected personal interaction of teachers and students. In the absence of traditional classroom teaching and one to one interaction,computer based learning has emerged as closest substitute for offline teaching. Against such a backdrop,it is pertinent to examine the medical students’ perception and readiness about online learning system adopted during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.