ABSTRACT

Introduction: One goal of any teaching strategy is to help students become effective learners. Many persuasive educators have suggested that the time-honored lecture is not the most productive mode for many students to learn new material.

Aims and objectives: The main objective of the study is to find the impact of online teaching on learning outcomes of BDS students in Pakistani dental colleges.

Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in Multan Medical & Dental College Multan during from June 2020 to Sep 2020. The data was collected for measuring the learning outcomes of online teaching method for BDS students. The data was collected through questionnaire which was prepared on Google form from both male and female students. This questionnaire consist of both open-ended and closed questionnaire.

Results: The data was collected from 200 dental students. The response rate were approximately 54% from both male and female students. There is no significance difference between the views of male and female students. Out of 200 participants 145 students preferred online learning, 37 for face to face learning and only 18 students preferred both online and face to face learning. Conclusion: It is concluded that due to COVID-19 students are willing to participate in online learning system but they also face issues regarding the use of technology. Online learning is not the best way of communication especially in medical and dental studies. Keywords: Dental Students, Online Learning, Face to Face Learning