Students’ Perceptions of Online Physiology Lab Work in Nervous and Musculoskeletal Systems Block

Introduction: The pandemic situation that has been taking place in Indonesia since March 2020 has brought several changes to the learning process in medical faculty. Lab work is one of the online lessons that medical students have to complete. Online lab work carried out by students is expected to be able to achieve the learning goals. The purpose of this study was to determine students’ perceptions of the implementation of online lab work. Methods: This research was an observational study with a cross-sectional design. The samples in this study were all students who participated in the physiology lab work in the nervous and musculoskeletal block. Data were obtained from the lab work evaluation questionnaire. Results: A total of 91.12% students have read the materials in the form of videos and guidebooks uploaded through Google Classroom. Students were satisfied with the implementation of lab work (60.95%) and considered the video in Google Classroom useful (98.22%). The percentage of students who agreed that online physiology lab work is important to be carried out synchronously reached 63.31%. Qualitative data showed that some students felt the online lab work helped understand the material. The problem with lab work was that online lab work was less comfortable because students could not practice directly and were constrained by internet signals. Conclusion: Students' perceptions of online physiology lab work in nervous and musculoskeletal block are considered important and support understanding of the block materials.