Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the educational system and led to a drastic shift of professional undergraduate teaching for medical and nursing students into online mode.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional, observational questionnaire-based study to assess the satisfaction level of the students. The questionnaire had 25 items of which 23 were questions with responses on the Likert scale and two items on views and suggestions were open-ended. The online questionnaire was shared through various messaging/mailing platforms. Overall satisfaction was assessed, and a satisfaction index was calculated for each item. Data are presented in frequencies and percentages, and SPSS was used to analyze the data.
Results: A total of 1068 students participated in the study. The majority were from the age group 21– 23 years (54%) and there was almost the same number of participants from both genders. The majority of the students were medical undergraduates (n=919), were in their second year (n=669), belonged to a government institution (n=897) and used a mobile phone for their online classes (n = 871). The majority of the students were dissatisfied (42%) with no significant difference between medical and nursing students (p = 0.192). First-year students were significantly dissatisfied compared with other senior students (p = 0.005). The maximum satisfaction index (78.23%) was observed with faculties being supportive and responsive in resolving the queries and the minimum (46.39%) was observed with issues related to communication and discussion with peer students. There were 662 responses as views which mostly contained negative comments regarding interaction and focus, practical learning, teaching content, and technological/infrastructural flaws. There was major dissatisfaction regarding the practical and clinical learning.
Conclusion: Online learning is essential at current times but is not an effective alternative for medical and nursing education. Face-to-face classes and practical sessions along with online learning can be a viable option.



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印度医学和护理专业本科生对 COVID-19 中远程临床前和临床教学的满意度

背景： COVID-19 大流行扰乱了教育系统，并导致医学和护理专业本科生教学急剧转变为在线模式。
方法：这是一项横断面、基于观察性问卷的研究，旨在评估学生的满意度。问卷共25个项目，其中23个为李克特量表回答问题，2个关于意见和建议的问题是开放式的。在线问卷通过各种消息/邮件平台共享。评估总体满意度，并计算每个项目的满意度指数。数据以频率和百分比表示，并使用 SPSS 分析数据。
结果：共有1068名学生参加了研究。大多数来自 21-23 岁年龄段（54%），男女参与者的人数几乎相同。大多数学生是医学本科生（n = 919），大二（n = 669），属于政府机构（n = 897）并使用手机进行在线课程（n = 871）。大多数学生不满意（42%），医学生和护理生之间没有显着差异（p = 0.192）。与其他高年级学生相比，一年级学生明显不满意（p = 0.005）。最高满意度指数 (78.23%) 是在教师对解决问题的支持和响应方面观察到的，最低 (46.39%) 是在与同龄学生的交流和讨论相关的问题上观察到的。有 662 条意见回复，其中大部分包含关于互动和重点、实践学习、教学内容和技术/基础设施缺陷的​​负面评论。对实践和临床学习有很大的不满。
结论：在线学习在当前是必不可少的，但不是医学和护理教育的有效替代方案。面对面的课程和实践课程以及在线学习可能是一个可行的选择。