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Abstract
Introduction: Coronavirus, a deadly pathogen, killed hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. It brought revolutionary changes with it, maintaining social distance, wearing a mask, getting vaccinated became a new normal after the pandemic. Moreover, it also ruined medical education and the system had to undergo a transition phase from physical to online classes. Whenever we discuss the education system, it would not be fair to conclude the discussion without knowing students' opinion, are they satisfied or not.
Methodology: In order to find out, we carried out a cross-sectional study at Rawalpindi medical university(RMU), using a preformed Bolliger and halup 2012 survey with additions and modification, 240 participants responded to the survey form, all of the students were undergraduate MBBS students, for analyses SPSS version 24 was used.
Results: The results highlighted that the preferred platform was MS teams. Regarding interaction, communication, collaboration, students were dissatisfied. Students preferred face to face learning over online classes, were not comfortable and overall satisfied with online classes.
Conclusion: In spite of technological advancements, the primitive format of teaching is still the best way, especially in third world countries. There are several barriers that need to be overcome for successful implementation and transition to an online system of education.
Keywords: Quality Improvement, medical education, online learning, student satisfaction, faculty satisfaction, health profession education, COVID-19.