Table 3.
Comparison of prevailing teaching methods in pandemic and preferred teaching methods by students.
| Parameter | Time and methods | Prevailing teaching schedule and methods |
Preferred teaching schedule and methods by students |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical N (%) | Nursing N (%) | Overall N (%) |
P value | Medical N (%) | Nursing N (%) | Overall N (%) |
P value | ||
| Duration of classes in a day | <2 h | 241 (15.6%) | 307 (44.9%) | 548 (24.6%) | P < 0.0001 | 370 (24.0%) | 276 (40.4%) | 646 (29.0%) | P < 0.0001 |
| 2–4 h | 831 (53.9%) | 283 (41.4%) | 1114 (50.1%) | P < 0.0001 | 1030 (66.8%) | 325 (47.5%) | 1355 (60.9%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| 4–6 h | 385 (25.0%) | 78 (11.4%) | 463 (20.8%) | P < 0.0001 | 131 (8.5%) | 80 (11.7%) | 211 (9.5%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| >6 h | 84 (5.5%) | 16 (2.3%) | 100 (4.5%) | P < 0.0001 | 10 (0.6%) | 3 (0.4%) | 13 (0.6%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| Duration of each class | <40 min | 126 (8.2%) | 288 (42.1%) | 414 (18.6%) | P < 0.0001 | 1083 (70.3%) | 428 (62.6%) | 1511 (67.9%) | P < 0.0001 |
| 41–60 min | 1148 (74.5%) | 259 (37.9%) | 1407 (63.2%) | P < 0.0001 | 400 (26.0%) | 182 (26.6%) | 582 (26.2%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| >60 min | 267 (17.3%) | 137 (20.0%) | 404 (18.2%) | P < 0.0001 | 58 (3.8%) | 74 (10.8%) | 132 (5.9%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| Breaks between classes | No Breaks | 585 (38.0%) | 264 (38.6%) | 849 (38.2%) | P < 0.0001 | 91 (5.9%) | 130 (19.0%) | 221 (9.9%) | P < 0.0001 |
| <10 mins | 356 (23.1%) | 241 (35.2%) | 597 (26.8%) | P < 0.0001 | 459 (29.8%) | 289 (42.3%) | 748 (33.6%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| 11–20 min | 170 (11.0%) | 74 (10.8%) | 244 (11.0%) | P < 0.0001 | 580 (37.6%) | 157 (23.0%) | 737 (33.1%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| 21–30 min | 153 (9.9%) | 45 (6.6%) | 198 (8.9%) | P < 0.0001 | 244 (15.8%) | 64 (9.4%) | 308 (13.8%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| >30 mins | 277 (18.0%) | 60 (8.8%) | 337 (15.1%) | P < 0.0001 | 167 (10.8%) | 44 (6.4%) | 211 (9.5%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| Teaching methods | Didactic Lecture | 366 (23.8%) | 136 (19.9%) | 502 (22.6%) | P = 0.044 | 222 (14.4%) | 302 (44.2%) | 524 (23.6%) | P < 0.0001 |
| White board with diagram/figures | 393 (25.5%) | 140 (20.5%) | 533 (24%) | P = 0.010 | 1239 (80.4%) | 449 (65.6%) | 1688 (75.9%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| Power-point presentation | 1427 (92.6%) | 344 (50.3%) | 1771 (79.6%) | P ≤ 0.0001 | 1233 (80.0%) | 538 (78.7%) | 1771 (79.6%) | P = 0.463 | |
| Case-based learning | 940 (61.0%) | 232 (33.9%) | 1172 (52.7%) | P ≤ 0.0001 | 1448 (94.0%) | 453 (66.2%) | 1901 (85.4%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| Video-based teaching | 748 (48.5%) | 294 (43.0%) | 1042 (46.8%) | P = 0.015 | 1389 (90.1%) | 573 (83.8%) | 1962 (88.2%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| Interactive session | 668 (43.3%) | 262 (38.3%) | 930 (41.8%) | P = 0.026 | 1289 (83.6%) | 522 (76.3%) | 1811 (81.4%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| Recorded lectures used in teaching | 533 (34.6%) | 220 (32.2%) | 753 (33.8%) | P = 0.265 | 931 (60.4%) | 450 (65.8%) | 1381 (62.1%) | P = 0.016 | |
| Virtual models | 357 (23.2%) | 188 (27.5%) | 545 (24.5%) | P = 0.029 | 1329 (86.2%) | 482 (70.5%) | 1811 (81.4%) | P < 0.0001 | |
| Quizzes | 598 (38.8%) | 249 (36.4%) | 847 (38.1%) | P = 0.282 | 1239 (80.4%) | 507 (74.1%) | 1746 (78.5%) | P = 0.001 | |
| Methods to enhance learning | Upload presentation in advance | 578 (37.5%) | 208 (30.4%) | 786 (35.3%) | P = 0.001 | 1212 (78.7%) | 521 (76.2%) | 1733 (77.9%) | P = 0.193 |
| Share presentation for future reading | 1012 (65.7%) | 336 (49.1%) | 1348 (60.6%) | P < 0.0001 | 1450 (71.9%) | 568 (83.0%) | 2018 (90.7%) | P < 0.0001 | |