Challenges Faced by Final Year Medical Postgraduate Students during Pandemic COVID 19
V. Pragadeesh Raja *
Health Professions Education, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, India.
M. Shivasakthy
Centre for Health Professions Education, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, India.
. Lavakumar
Department of Pharmacolgy, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Instiute, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world into a health and economic crisis. Different countries have established different forms of quarantine, interrupting numerous ordinary routines and affecting work, free movement, trade, and, in particular, education. The inability of the examiner to travel during lockdown/ post lockdown discouragement of travel as per advisory, rules out the possibility of the traditional method of the in-person presence of external examiner for evaluation, while a completely new method of only online mode of practical examination may not be advisable or fair as per assessment principles.
Objective: The main objective of the study was to assess the challenges faced by final year medical postgraduate students during Pandemic COVID 19.
Methods and Materials: A Cross-Sectional study conducted among final year medical post-graduate students. An online survey was conducted from April 1st 2021 to April 30th 2021 to collect the information. A structural questionnaire link using ‘Google form’ was sent to students’ through WhatsApp and E-mail. A non-probability technique known as consecutive sampling was used to select the respondents.
Results: During the study period, 55 medical postgraduate students have included study, 30 students were male and 25 were men, Most of the student from the anesthesia department 14 (28%) and Community Medicine 12 (24%). 39 (70.9%) strongly agreed for their academic activity disturbed due to the COVID pandemic. Among students, 32 (58.2%) percentage students finished their thesis. 39 (70.9%) students strongly disagree for to postpone the final exam.
Conclusion: Students to do their academic activity by side by side during covid duty also and do their research project in the COVID patients. This is COVID pandemic every one suffered in the world, so to understand to cross this period, this is not for single person problem, so medical students to understand to do the duty very well and service to this nation with their safety measure take care their health including mental health.
Keywords: Covid, pandmeic, medical post graduate students