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. 2021 Mar 8;21:151. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02584-0

Table 1.

Educational impact of COVID-19 on 4th and 5th year dental students

Question Year Strongly disagree % Disagree % Agree % Strongly agree % P value*
1 Do you feel that you missed educational experiences as a result of the lockdown? 4th 3.4 20.7 49.7 26.3 0.96
5th 3.8 18.3 51.1 26.7
female 4.1 19.9 51.5 24.5 0.392
male 1.4 18.8 46.4 33.3
Total 3.5 19.7 50.3 26.5
2 Do you think online assessment is a good method for evaluation? 4th 22.9 43.0 30.2 3.9 0.001
5th 13.0 30.5 50.4 6.1
female 19.9 40.2 35.3 4.6 0.106
male 14.5 29.0 50.7 5.8
Total 18.7 37.7 38.7 4.8
3 Do you think group discussion posted on E-learning such as clinical cases and scenarios had a positive value on your education? 4th 14.0 34.6 44.7 6.7 < 0.001
5th 0.8 14.5 51.1 33.6
female 9.5 27.4 44.4 18.7 0.196
male 4.3 21.7 58.0 15.9
Total 8.4 26.1 47.4 18.1
4 Did this quarantine increase your collaboration with your colleagues? 4th 6.1 41.9 33.5 18.4 < 0.001
5th 1.5 19.8 55.0 23.7
female 3.7 33.6 41.9 20.7 0.797
male 5.8 29.0 44.9 20.3
Total 4.2 32.6 42.6 20.6
5 Did you feel more engaged and motivated in following up with distant e-learning? 4th 19.6 39.1 30.2 11.2 0.049
5th 14.5 33.6 45.0 6.9
female 16.6 36.5 36.1 10.8 0.415
male 20.3 37.7 37.7 4.3
Total 17.4 36.8 36.5 9.4
6 Do you prefer online lectures compared to face to face theatre lectures? 4th 10.1 27.4 38.5 24.0 0.14
5th 4.6 22.1 48.1 25.2
female 6.2 24.5 44.0 25.3 0.241
male 13.0 27.5 37.7 21.7
Total 7.7 25.2 42.6 24.5
7 Do you feel comfortable with all this technology-based education? 4th 13.4 40.2 35.8 10.6 < 0.001
5th 1.5 33.6 55.7 9.2
female 8.3 40.2 43.6 7.9 0.064
male 8.7 27.5 46.4 17.4
Total 8.4 37.4 44.2 10.0

*p value of Chi square test