Mukherjee, SanhitaSarkar, SagarikaBagchi, HrishikeshMukhopadhyay, Diptakanti2023-07-142023-07-142022-11Mukherjee Sanhita, Sarkar Sagarika, Bagchi Hrishikesh, Mukhopadhyay Diptakanti. Perception of Phase 1 MBBS students on E- Learning and online assessment during Covid-19 at Govt. Medical Colleges, West Bengal, India. Paripex - Indian Journal Of Research. 2022 Nov; 11(11): 42-462250-1991http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/218749Introduction: This study investigated medical students' perception of E-learning and online assessment during Covid- 19 and their suggestion to overcome the problems. A total of 300 1st year medical students of Calcutta NationalMethod: Medical College and Rampurhat Govt. Medical College were surveyed by a pre-validated semi-structured questionnaire that was provided to the 2021-22 batch. Among 242 respondents (169 at CNMC and 73 atResult: RPHGMC)159 were males (mean age 20.14 ±2.22yrs.) and 83 were females (mean age 19.65±.1.1yrs.). 68.8% of students of both the colleges revealed that offline traditional teaching is more preferrable than e-leaning. They reported that e- learning is not much effective in practical physiology teaching. Poor network, Technical glitches and lack of communication with teachers are outlined as major barriers in online teaching. Students did not prefer e-Conclusion: teaching over face-to-face teaching during the lock down situation.Students' perceptionCovid-19E-learningFace-to-face learningJournal ArticleIndiaProfessor, Department of Physiology, Rampurhat Govt. Medical College, Rampurhat, Birbhum,West BengalAssociate Professor, Department of Physiology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata-700014Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Malda Medical College, Malda,West BengalProfessor, Department of community medicine, College of Medicine & Sagar Dutta Hospital, Kamarhati, Kolkata,West Bengal 700058