Objective: To determine experiences of mental health trainees with their online classes.
Methodology: It was an online cross-sectional study carried out during month of June, 2020. The sample comprised of 231 mental health trainees of BS (n=114) and MS (n=117) programs of a private university of Lahore. A google doc. consisting of 15 statements was prepared to for online delivery of their classes.
Results: 45% students responded on “to some extent to no difficulty” experience of smooth running of online lectures. On the item of overall satisfaction with delivery of online lectures, 50% students (out of 114) from BS program and 51% students (out of 117) from MS program rated on “not at all” Although satisfaction was high on the online availability of teacher for the counselling of students however, on understand lectures Only 14% students showed highest level of satisfaction.
Conclusion: Online classes remained a big challenge for trainees and it was associated with lack of satisfaction in terms of their own learning, evaluation comprehension and health issues.
Key words: COVID-19, feedback, lockdown, online classes, trainees.
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