My lecturers have been very accommodating and are doing their best to help during this period.
The biggest drawback of virtual classes, especially for medical students in their clinical year, is the lack of clinical exposure during the Covid-19 pandemic.
During online lessons, my lecturers would come up with various clinical scenarios which help us apply our theoretical knowledge.
They even become our simulated patients for us to practice clerking. They then give us feedback on the points we missed out on or what we can do to improve.
Students are also assigned with at least one mentor or supervisor who monitors our progress and we can approach them if we have any questions and doubts.
To further ease the process, our lecturers have also given us free data as we learn from home.
Universiti Putra Malaysia fourth year medical student Yee Ling Shin
The biggest challenge for me has been poor Internet access. I’m considering switching my current telco to another one.
Group discussions with my friends are also very unsatisfying, compared to face-to-face ones, and this hampers the progress of our group work and assignments.
It’s also distracting when constant updates and information are being dumped into our Whatsapp and Telegram group chats - it diverts our attention from focusing on our assignments.
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia fourth year Quran Multimedia student Nur Ayuni Mohd Norudin
The biggest drawback of virtual classes, especially for medical students in their clinical year, is the lack of clinical exposure during the Covid-19 pandemic.
During online lessons, my lecturers would come up with various clinical scenarios which help us apply our theoretical knowledge.
They even become our simulated patients for us to practice clerking. They then give us feedback on the points we missed out on or what we can do to improve.
Students are also assigned with at least one mentor or supervisor who monitors our progress and we can approach them if we have any questions and doubts.
To further ease the process, our lecturers have also given us free data as we learn from home.
Universiti Putra Malaysia fourth year medical student Yee Ling Shin
The biggest challenge for me has been poor Internet access. I’m considering switching my current telco to another one.
Group discussions with my friends are also very unsatisfying, compared to face-to-face ones, and this hampers the progress of our group work and assignments.
It’s also distracting when constant updates and information are being dumped into our Whatsapp and Telegram group chats - it diverts our attention from focusing on our assignments.
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia fourth year Quran Multimedia student Nur Ayuni Mohd Norudin
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