Online Teaching in an Un-prepared Country during COVID-19: An Interview Study on Final Year Medical and Dental Students

Aims: To assess medical students’ perception of online teaching to suggest transforming the future curriculum in low-economic countries.
 Study Design: Cross-sectional interview study.
 Place and Duration Study: A team collaborators interviewed final year dental students Pakistan from 07/08/2020 till 17/09/2020.
 Methodology: questionnaire was developed based on open close-ended questions Google forms; focusing institutional preparedness, views education, institute’s closure COVID-19, long-term effects institute. Independent fellow researchers systematically analyzed unaltered transcripts responses, themes were then identified coded conclude results. SPSS version 23 used for analysis. As this study students.
 Results: In response an invitation email, 2442/2661 (91.77%) voluntarily participate qualitative study. Most participants females (1614, 66.10%). Closing down institutes directly linked a lack motivation feel helplessness. most showed dissatisfaction with compounded by psychological effects, feared losing clinical skills life during pandemic.
 Conclusion: The impact crisis led resistance accepting change better outcome. Incorporating telemedicine, different interactive learning style teaching, resilience training would result fruitful outcomes. Developed countries may also guide build infrastructure developing develop more robust methodology long-run.