Akhtar Ali
Department of Pharmacology, Ziauddin University, Karachi, PakistanPublications
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Research
COVID-19 Online Teaching and its Impact on Psychological Health in Higher Education: A Cross Sectional Study on Medical Students of 1st 2nd and 3rd Year MBBS
Author(s): Akhtar Ali*, Syeda Mahnoor, Sehrish Ahmed, Sobia Naseem, Syed Wajid Shah and Syed Shehryar
Background: Covid-19 emerged from Wuhan; China in December 2019 took the whole world in its grip in mere few months the cases were found in almost every part of the globe. Pakistan too, was severely impacted tolling 233,500 cases of the coronavirus and 6,035 deaths to date. Most of the schools and colleges resorted to an online educational platform in order to resume work and discipline in life during such chaos, perhaps the most affected were the professionals of healthcare setup including medical students who reported to have far higher rates of depression than the average person. Objectives: To examine the association of COVID-19 to the prevalence of depression, anxiety, or stress amongst medical students of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year MBBS in this quarantine period and their attitude towards online classes. Methodology: It was a cross sectional study conducted in Clifton campus of Ziau.. Read More»