IMPLEMENTATION AND USE OF AUDIO VISUAL AIDS IN DISTANCE LEARNING PHARMACOLOGY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL BEFORE AND AFTER COVID 19 OUTBREAK.

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the use of power point presentations (slide share) utilization of the pharmacology medical syllabus topics and compared them before and after covid epidemic.
Materials and Methods: In this study we have analysed the power point presentations utilization in pharmacology medical syllabus topics and compared them for number of views, downloads, actions taken, sources of online utilization and subscribers added in the same period.
Results: There were significant difference in the utilization pattern of power point presentations year on year from pre-covid to post covid era with significant p value (<0.005) on applying paired sample t test. The actions taken that is download and utilization was better in the post covid era. The number of views for each presentation and the subscribers added was more post covid era. Conclusion: There is both scope for knowledge, enhancement and knowledge retention by using audio visual aids in teaching methods. There is a need to keep students motivated by giving introductory information videos, complete academic course ideas,
inculcating basic ideas on core concepts in general pharmacology. Further such studies on use of  audio visual aids in medical education is needed to enhance the use of slide share, author stream and other online platforms providing power point presentations as a part of curriculum for better understanding of abstract subjects like pharmacology