Table 4.
Participant’s responses as per number (P-Number) to qualitative open-ended questions
| What did you appreciate or enjoyed most during this activity session? Responses for the above question were could identify three themes: | |
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| Learning of the clinical aspect: | “I enjoyed learning the clinical aspects in this way” (P12) |
| “Listening to the presentation of each group was a good learning experience” (P34) | |
| “Learning about 15 different cases and their correlation with our subjects and concepts taught was great” (P37) | |
| “I learned the details, signs and symptoms, treatment, etc., for the case and then compiling and presenting.”(P64) | |
| “Get to know different concepts related to the allotted cases” (P92) | |
| “Putting the entire funda related to the case in one presentation, was an amazing experience as a learner.” (P105) | |
| “I enjoyed the interaction with the teachers and learning better ways to present the case, also the format to proceed towards a better diagnosis, idea of differential diagnosis was learned during this journey….” (P118) | |
| Use of varied resources: | “The research for a topic from various sources….” (P14) |
| “I got to know some information which wasn’t available in given books” (P46) | |
| “Researching and learning beyond the textbook and understanding of anatomy” (P72) | |
| “Use of Google for searching about the content/details related to the case” (P108) | |
| Better inter-activeness: | “Discussing new ideas with co-members was great” (P2) |
| “Information, question-answer session, feedback from the faculty which help improve our skill” (P59) | |
| “Appreciation from teachers gave confidence to our group” (P76) | |
| “Feedback and it helped to improve our knowledge for the topic being discussed” (P86) | |
| “Communication and innovative ideas from different members of the group” (P95) | |
| “Coordinated peer learning” (P104) | |
| “I learn how to solve issues during group discussions myself.” (P107) | |
| “Improving the self-directed learning skills” (P117) | |
| “Concepts explained by our colleagues in new & interesting ways…” (P120) | |
| “Teamwork and co-ordination with fellow team members.” (P123) | |
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Do you think this program requires any further improvement? If yes, kindly specify
96 participants suggested - no improvement required The suggestions from participants were divided under three themes: | |
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| Technology development: | “Webex consumes lots of data and even causing the problem to connect with the session.” (P12) |
| “Taught us online presentation skills” (P66) | |
| “I feel that when someone is presenting, others shouldn’t be allowed to unmute themselves, even though all the cases of it were unintentional.” (P85) | |
| Accountability: | “Accountability of group members should be emphasized more” (P23) |
| “Not all group members participated, there were a few who took all of the responsibility on themselves…” (P67) | |
| “Group members should be more responsible. They should show some interest and also contribute to the project.” (P73) | |
| Group division: | “More no. of students should be allowed to participate than only one presenter” (P34) |
| “If the teachers coordinate and supervise the topic distribution and presentation progress, this will reduce the burden on the responsible members in the group” (P65) | |
| “Have smaller groups so there’s more work for everyone…” (P70) | |
| “Compulsions on each members contribution” (P86) | |
| “All the people in the group are not going to work as they will sit on the shoulders of the person who will be doing all the work to come forward.” (P101) | |
| “The teacher assigned to us showed no response in our project.” (P101) | |
| “….the presentations could be told to be more interactive wherein other students provide their input as well, and if there was a possibility of having a slight competition, it would have pushed the teams to put it in more effort” (P119) | |
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How do you feel about the change in the presentation of your project due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
79 participants liked this modification of the presentation due to COVID-19 | |
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| Endorsed: | ” ….but then proper guidance by our allotted teacher and everyone’s hard work could make it happen.” (P12) |
| “….more helpful than the model making coz we griped more knowledge than making a waste of our time on the artwork” (P35) | |
| “…it was a super cool activity. I loved it and appreciate the efforts of each one involved in this act…” (P52) | |
| “It went good due to involvement of technology” (P78) | |
| “…very helpful and improved our online learning skills” (P88) | |
| “Online presentation gave us a varied experience, on the contrary, the traditional methods” (P116) | |
| “Nice work done by our faculties to give us such a great opportunity for these presentations.” (P123) | |
| Ostracized: | “….as most of us were far away.not easy to contact, and prepare along with the contribution of all the members….” (P7) |
| “….interacting with the fellow members of the group was reduced” (P28) | |
| “….we didn’t have any books related to our topic so from where we’ll gather the information” (P39) | |
| “….presenting in front of 150 students and the faculty members. doing that would have tested our confidence and skills to the ultimate level, also we would have been conscious about our mistakes.” (P66) | |
| “…the lack of interpersonal communication allowed some members to slack.” (P70) | |
| “….it reduced accountability of every member in the group as only the leader and 2-3 members were concerned,….” (82) | |
| “…group mates made end time declaration of nonavailability of technology, while the ppts can be easily made on plain smartphones with fewer efforts” (P91) | |
| “We were ready with a 3-D model of our project…” (P122) | |
| “Like it could be better if it’s offline so all the members can able to participate to represent and also we can represent a model which may improve our work.” (P129) | |