Lavina Arya, N. Sikka, Vishal Arya, Jyoti Prajapat
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Abstract
Context: Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, the education system swiftly shifted to online mode. Aims: To understand the attitude, comfortability, challenges, and health issues faced by dental students during online classes. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among dental undergraduate students in Haryana. Materials and Methods: A self-designed questionnaire survey form having five sections and 28 questions was used. Statistical Analysis Used: The content validity index was 0.88. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for attitude was 0.844, and 0.905 for health issues. Descriptive statistics and frequency distribution were studied. Results: The response rate was 94.25%. Most students reported that they find it difficult to concentrate during online classes and strongly agreed that learning is better during offline classes. Practical classes were a bigger challenge in online mode. Conclusions: The majority of students preferred offline classes to online classes.
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Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology (JIAOMR) (ISSN: Print - 0972-1363, Online - 0975-1572), an official publication of the Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology (IAOMR), is a peer-reviewed journal, published Quarterly , both in the form of hard copies (print version) as well as on the web (electronic version). The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.jiaomr.in. The journal allows free access (open access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository.