COMPARISON OF ONLINE AND OFFLINE ATTENDANCE IN 2ND YEAR M.B.B.S PHARMACOLOGY STUDENTS-RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:As we all know, we are facing a COVID-19 pandemic since march 2020, it has impacted a lot of changes in our life and day to day activities including Education Entertainment Business and Travel. All educational institutions have been closed as well as educational activities including clinical medical education have been suspended since march. The aim of the medical education is to produce a competent doctor with adequate knowledge, skills and information. since the course duration of UG and PG students are xed, the suspension of theory classes and clinical rotation has hampered their education and teaching method.so to continue the education, there has been a surge in the number of online classes, webinars. perhaps we don't know when this pandemic will get end. so, the world is rapidly adapting to a new normal protocol in education that is online education. during this pandemic, online education has become a key component of continuity of education. A transition form from traditional ofine classes. Moreover, switching over to online instructions during an emergency, acts as a reset button to the ailing traditional education system. and this is intended to preliminarily explore the potential factors across these two teaching methods, that might cause difference in effectiveness. Traditionally foundation of medical education is a combination of didactic instruction in the classroom and integrated hands-on learning in the clinical setting, which is seen in ofine education. But in online it seems to be web-based distance education with no face-to-face Interaction, where technology is used to support the learning process, that is interacting with digitally derived content and service.