TY - BOOK AU - Castro, Juan Paolo AU - Dela Cruz, Gem AU - Matias, Sophia Marie AU - Mendoza, Charles Denedict AU - Morden, Linsey Monica AU - Murillo, Mariella AU - Nagum, Danica AU - Pring, Amiel Jan AU - Rigon, Hollywola AU - Solomon, Joyce Ann Noreen AU - Sosa, Bryan Rey AU - Sumayao, Querise Angelica AU - Tadeo, Erwin AU - Vispo, Paolo Nino TI - Effects of online classes on the confidence in the clinical performance among graduating medical students / AV - M CFM 2022 0005 PY - 2022/// CY - Fairview, Quezon City PB - Department of Community and Family Medicine, FEU-NRMF KW - medical education KW - online classes KW - clinical skills KW - medical students KW - self-confidence N1 - Includes appendices and bibliographical references; THDCFM N2 - Abstract: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led the educational system of the Philippines to shift to online learning for the purpose of limiting the transmission of the virus. Utilization of virtual classes and demonstrations has been used to educate 4th year medical students at obtaining hands-on skills and clinical applications. With this new method of learning, it is questionable whether 4th year medical students retain and improve their medical history taking physical examination and physician-patient communication skills. Unfortunately, there were no found studies about the graduating medical students affecting their clinical performance during covid pandemic. To determine the effects of online classes on the confidence of 4th year medical students on history taking, physical examination, and doctor-patient communication skills. The study employs a descriptive, cross sectional research design where the study has been distributed with a simple random sampling methodology with its participants, FEU-NRMF's 4th year medical students, randomly selected to answer the survey. The primary outcome was to determine the confidence level of the students' clinical performance. The secondary outcomes were determined by the use of surveys which were adapted from Shiraly, R. et al. and Karim, JA. et.al: highly confident (9-12), moderately confident (5-8) and not confident (0-4). A total of 47 fourth year medical students completed the survey. 38 out of 47 (80.85%) respondents were female. The mean age of the respondents was 25.47. The mean score for patient-doctor communication and history taking skills were 9.21 (SD: 1.96) and 9.79 (SD:1.68), respectively. The mean score for physical examination was 6.21 (SD: 2.94). Online classes had the most significant effect on the confidence of the respondents on their physical examination skills. ER -