We the teaching faculty are continuing this teaching learning process through onling teaching during this Covid 19 pandemic. It was observed that many students are coming up with various challenges during this online teaching like unclear concepts, exam stress, depression etc. So, to get the solution, to motivate and to encourage the students to continue their studies with good mindset, dept. of Physiology had organized a online guest lecture on the topic “Online Teaching and Mental Health”. The lecture was delivered by Guest Speaker Dr.Jabeen Basade, who is motivational speaker and a Life Coach from Mumbai. Speaker was introduced to the audience by HOD Dr. Padmaja Desai.

I^st year M.B.B.S students and the Faculty members attended the lecture. Out of 150 students 120 students were present. It was very interactive session. Speaker highlighted the concept of learning and relearning, management of emotional up – downs, how to cope up with the stress and discussed various issues regarding studies. Lecture was appreciated by everyone. At the end Feedback was taken from the students. Forms were analyzed and it showed following results.

 

Sr. No	Particular	Extremely Good %	Good %	Average %	Poor %
1	How was the overall organization of the lecture?	70.1	29.1	0.9	–
2	How relevant was the content discussed by the speaker?	70.1	29.1	0.9	–
3	Are you satisfied with the time & venue	53	41.9	5.1	–
4	How much interesting this session was for you?	60.7	38.5	0.9	–
5	How was your preparation about the topic before the guest lecture?	41.9	36.8	19.7	1.7
6	Did the lecture cover what you were expecting?	58.1	41	0.9	–
7	What is your opinion about the speaker?	72.6	26.5	0.9	–
8	How much this session was useful from the knowledge & information point of view	66.7	31.6	0.9	0.9
9	Overall effectiveness of the lecture?	65	33.3	1.7	–
10	Speaker was able to explain the topic clearly & used relevant examples?	61.9	37.3	0.8	–
11	Mention key learning from the lecture.	65.3	33.1	1.7	–

Analysis reveals that 70% of students appreciated the topic and the content as extremely good 72% students marked extremely good opinion about the Speaker The session was concluded by giving vote of thanks by Dr. Mrs. A. N. Kumbhar. Thanks & regards,

• (Dr.Mrs.P.R.Desai)
• Professor & Head Dept. of Physiology