Students’ Perceptions and Insights Towards Online Learning During Covid-19 Crises

Purpose: To analyze and evaluate the perceptions and insights of undergraduate medical students at Suez University towards Online learning. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Faculty of Medicine, Suez University where an online questionnaire was distributed to undergraduate medical students in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years. A self-administrated questionnaire was formulated based on a literature review. It was accessed online using Microsoft teams platform. Results: A total of 182 students’ responses were collected through the online questionnaire. The respondents' ages range from 18 to 20. The current study reveals the preferences of some medical students for online learning for many reasons as it provides them with the flexibility of space and time, the easy access of study materials, it saves time, effort and money needed by some students to travel to campus, and others. Some fruitful suggestions and recommendations were also pointed by those students to improve online learning in the future. Discussion: Covid-19 pandemic has not only impacted human life but also impacted educational system as well. It has created an unprecedented challenge on education. With principles of social distancing, campuses are closed and the higher educational institutions (HEI) around the world suspended face to face learning and it has moved online to ensure the continuity of teaching-learning process and human safety simultaneously. However, it requires successful implementation and taking into consideration the students’ suggestions © 2022 Association of Medical Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (AMEEMR). This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Sponsored by King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences