Background:
The COVID-19 Pandemic has created a lot of havoc in the history of mankind. Implementation of social distancing has forced many countries to go into complete lockdown and also led to a halt in the ongoing academic sessions of schools and colleges. E-Learning has proved to be really helpful in terms of not halting the speed of education and maintaining the continuity. There are a few challenges that every student is facing with this sudden transition of methodology in learning.
Hence the present study was conducted with the aim to analyze the experiences and awareness among the undergraduate students towards E-Learning during COVID-19 pandemic and to evaluate the attitude and practices towards the online learning among them.
Methods:
A National Cross sectional and Observational study was conducted among 1110 undergraduate students (1st to final years of different health sciences institutes in India) at Dr DY Patil, School Of Medicine, Navi Mumbai in the Pharmacology Department. Data was collected using a pre validated, self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive Statistics was used to analyze the data.