. C. Sahanaa; . Amit Kumar Mishra
Volume 8, Issue 10 , October 2018, , Pages 1-4
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In communication process, feedback plays a major role. Usually, a formal/informalfeedback is collected from students on their experience and understanding about the tasks ...
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INTRODUCTION: In communication process, feedback plays a major role. Usually, a formal/informalfeedback is collected from students on their experience and understanding about the tasks given bythe mentor to assess the learning process. Receiving high‑quality feedback (positive or negative)is valuable from multiple perspectives. Students may or may not enjoy sessions on innovativeteaching–learning methods; in that case, feedback helps to modify it into a more effective andacceptable method of teaching.METHODOLOGY: With an objective to understand the students’ perception on a smartphone appin community‑based research, a cross‑sectional study was planned among undergraduate studentsposted for the re‑orientation of medical education. Epicollect5, a mobile app, was used for datacapture. Students were requested to submit their feedback by using the same app which they hadused during the survey. The received feedback was analyzed and presented in proportions.RESULTS: Students shared that the new tool was easy to install (97.5%), user friendly (100%),saved time in data collection and data entry (100%), and they also missed the usual practice ofpaper‑based questionnaire survey (12.5%) and data entry in excel sheet (7.5%).CONCLUSION: The students liked and enjoyed the paperless method of data collection and entrywhich saved time and improved the quality of the data. They were also interested to learn more onthe designing or framing the questionnaire in app and planned to use the app in future research. Thefeedback conveyed the immense welcome for new technology by the students into medical curriculum.