Perception of medical students to "NEW NORMAL" and its Reflection on their studies during COVID 19

Objective: To find the effectiveness of online teaching and its reflection on their academics during COVID19 pandemic in basic medical science. Study Design: Cross Sectional Descriptive study. Setting: University Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad. Period: March 2019 to November 2021. Material & Methods: A total of 531 undergraduate MBBS & BDS (1st & 2nd year) students were included. A questionnaire was designed and shared online in Google classroom to get students' feedback. The data obtained was analyzed on SPSS 25 by using ANOVA and Chi-Square Tests. Results: 62.76% students declared that learning in physical classrooms is more understandable than e-learning, while 58% students were satisfied with this transformation of online teaching and secured better grades in e-assessments, while 69% students agreed with the fact that on campus assessment is more productive. According to our results 68.24% students preferred physical teaching and assessment methodology and 67.11% students agreed that team work with peers is more productive in on campus classes than e-classes. Conclusion: We investigated various aspects of e-learning experience of medical students and found a mixed opinion. By improving our infrastructure and using modern techniques we can make online medical education system more effective and productive for our students in future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Professional Medical Journal is the property of Professional Medical Journal and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Novel Coronavirus (2019-NCOV) Outbreak: A Mini Review

The SARS pandemic produces new avenues to discover and anticipate the variations made in SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2) and how human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 receptor ideally becomes congenial with "S" region of this virus and in consequence ofits spread in human species all over the globe. At the end of 2019, the earliest wave of SARS-CoV-2 transmission was notified from Wuhan-Hubei China and thereafter spread globally. COVID-19 infection got widespread and upto now, 2,776,224 active cases, 334,058 deceased and 2,078,505-recovered cases have been reported. Morbidity and mortality rate vary in every region which pondered the researcher to look into the linkage between a different variant of the SARS-CoV-2 with disease severity along with other determining factors like climatic changes, diagnostic techniques, hospitals and laboratory quality control measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Biomedica is the property of Knowledge Bylanes and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)