Background: Covid-19 the pandemic that struck the world in 2019 has affected every aspect of our lives, economy, education, and many more aspects changing the course of our lives. In light of that, the government has issued a closure of a lot of activities and the educational one affects the whole community, this study’s aim to look into how the shift from the traditional face-to-face method of teaching (E-learning), has affected students of the Faculty of medical science in Umm Al-Qura University.
Method: A cross-sectional study was the method of choice, a questionnaire made through Google forms has been made and sent through WhatsApp to the leaders of every group in every specialty of the Faculty of applied medical science at Umm Al- Qura University.
Results: over 259 students applied to the questionnaire, and 66 of them were excluded for being outside of the study sample group, for a total of 193 participants, and we concluded that the shift to E-Learning might have been challenging but it also had its pros and cons, be it an improvement in students lives such as more free time, less stress and anxiety or the disadvantages such as laziness because of the free time or the lack of understanding of educational material.
Conclusion: E-learning is very new to most people and medical students have accepted and adapted to it mostly very well, and while they faced challenges they also got the best out of it, as they preferred if it will be the future method used in education, this represents a significant and promising potential for the future of medical education.
KeywordsCovid-19; E-learning, Effect and perspective, Umm Al-Qura University, Applied medical science college
Published Date: 2023-05-30;
