@article{Qamar_Kiran_Khan_Raza_Iram_Rauf_2021, title={CHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING FACED BY MEDICAL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC}, volume={71}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/6191}, DOI={10.51253/pafmj.v71iSuppl-1.6191}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To explore perceptions of medical students and faculty, regarding challenges of e-learning they faced, during COVID-19 pandemic.</p> <p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Mixed method study (Quantitative and Qualitative - Phenomenological approach).</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Army Medical College Pakistan, from Apr 2020 to Sep 2020.</p> <p><strong>Methodology: </strong>A self-made questionnaire, having both qualitative and quantitative elements, was developed after interviews of participants. It was pilot tested, finalized and sent via Google forms. Total 318 students and 6 faculty members responded, data was transcribed verbatim, themes were identified, and qualitative inductive content analysis of participants‟ reports was done.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Twenty-seven subthemes were identified by analyzing students‟ and faculty perceptions. They were grouped under five major themes, namely, communicational, technological, institutional, related to educators and students.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Despite limiting factors like communication gap, digital refugee faculty teaching digital native students, limited technical support, digital divide and unplanned curricular delivery, e-learning was found to be beneficial in terms of flexibility in timings, improving learners‟ self-efficacy, faculty transformation and gradual acceptance. Moreover, it provided opportunity for hybrid e-curriculum development.</p>}, number={Suppl-1}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Qamar, Khadija and Kiran, Faiza and Khan, Muhammad Alamgir and Raza, Sayed Nusrat and Iram, Maria and Rauf, Ayesha}, year={2021}, month={Jan.}, pages={S3–9} }