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Introduction: Covid 19 pandemic has brought human life one on one with the pace of growth. The indispensable lockdown and social distancing norms have posed challenges to continue education in various fields. Distance learning via online teaching has emerged as a savior in the pandemic. In the current scenario, it is very important to keep learners in the loop and obtain feedback from students at the end of online teaching, for understanding its strength and weaknesses which will eventually assist in developing strategies to improve its quality. We intend to share our experience with the online teaching. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted from March 2020 to Feb 2021, which includes 8 months of online teaching classes and practicals, one online examination (mid term exam), and 1 offline examination (final professional exam). The marks obtained by the students who attended online classes (batch II) in 2020-21 session was compared with previous batch i.e 2019-20 (batch I). Also the marks obtained by batch I during online exam (mid-term exam) were compared with their marks during offline exam (final professional exam). Results: Batch II scored higher marks than batch I in theory and practical (p-value < 0.05). However, the marks of viva for both batches were equitable. Conclusions: We feel that the online teaching is a reasonable alternative to conventional teaching in the current scenario.
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Peripheral neuropathy is a common complication in diabetic patients. Nerve conduction study is widely used for the assessment of diabetic polyneuropathy. This study was designed to characterize motor nerve conduction abnormalities in subjects having relatively shorter duration (2.28 ± 1.51 years) of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The median motor nerve conduction study was carried out on 40 male type 2 diabetic patients attending diabetic clinic in the department of medicine and 40 healthy male volunteers who served as control. Motor Distal latency (MDL), Amplitude (Amp) and Conduction Velocity (CV) were measured. On comparing the parameters of median nerves of both the groups, it was found that motor distal latency of (right and left) median nerves was higher in diabetics than in non diabetics with statistically significant difference. Results also showed decreased amplitude and conduction velocities of median nerve of both sides in diabetics (statistically significant). All the parameters were found correlated with blood sugar levels in diabetics.