فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Videoconferencing has been used as a modality of online medical teachingby various institutes. There is a paucity of studies reporting the perception of medical teacherstoward teaching using teleconferencing platforms. The objective of this survey was to evaluate theperception of medical teachers toward teaching using videoconferencing platforms such as Zoommeet, Google meet, and Google classroom during the COVID‑19 pandemic. Our hypothesis wasteaching faculty would have a positive perception and experience toward web‑based teachingmodalities.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Medical teachers of a medical college were invited to participatein a prospective observational cross‑sectional online survey. The faculty demographic information,perception, experience, and satisfaction were noted. Perception data were presented as proportionand percentage.RESULTS: 104 out of 160 faculty members participated in the study (response rate = 65%).61 male (58.7%) and 43 female (41.3%) faculty members participated in the study. The mean ageof the faculty members was 39.3 years ± 13 (range: 27–69 years). Laptop (n = 73 [70.2%]) was themost commonly used electronic device by the faculty members for conducting e‑teaching sessionsfollowed by smartphone (n = 25 [24%]). Google meet was the most preferred videoconference toolfor online teaching. Ninety‑six faculties (92.2%) were satisfied with the e‑teaching method adoptedby the institute. Eighty‑three faculty (79.8%) perceived the e‑teaching method to be very useful andquite useful as a modality for teaching during the lockdown period.CONCLUSIONS: The teaching faculties had a positive perception toward digital education methodsadopted for teaching of undergraduate medical students at our institute.