From classroom to screen: dental students’ perceptions of distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic in India
The COVID-19 pandemic taught not only the use of technology in education but also future learning strategies. In today's technologically adept world, e-learning is a convenient and effective method for teaching undergraduate dental students. Dental education is evolving consistently to accommodate rapid changes in the education system. However, it should be used as an auxiliary approach in the clinical setting since it cannot replace the conventional face-to-face approach.
Authors
- Baishakhi Modak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7519-7889)
- Delfin Lovelina Francis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-1322)
- Shaswata Karmakar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7172-0369)
- Saravanan Sampoornam Pape Reddy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1391-6125)
- M Kar
Institutions
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- Indian Army (IN)
- Saveetha University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07906-0
- Primary Topic
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00