COIMBATORE: With the sirens going off in short intervals in the background and teachers taking shelter in bunkers or safe zones, it’s the horror of warzone that the online classes present to the medical students who returned from Ukraine.
Speaking to TOI, Joshina Jose, a third-year medical student of Lviv National Medical University, said the sirens were coded. “If the second siren goes off five seconds after the first one, the people in the region must take refuge in bunkers. If there is a siren after a long interval, it means the situation is safe.”
She said the online classes commenced a week ago. “Teachers are trying their best to cover the portions that have piled up because of the four weeks of holidays. We are missing the practical classes. Teachers said the licensing exam (KROK–1) that was scheduled for June may be postponed because of the situation.”
When asked about the difference in attending the online classes during the pandemic and the wartime, the tendril resident said there was a fear about what would happen to Ukraine now.
According to Shri Ranjania fifth-year medical student of National Prigone Memorial Medical University in Vinnytsia, teachers would pause the online classes by displaying an “Air Siren” slide, if there were a threat. “The teacher may return within 30 to 60 minutes or not return at all. We have to attend four online classes daily. Among the 13 students in my batch, three are from Tamil Nadu. The remaining students are from North India and Egypt.”
Pointing out that practical classes were required for 10 of the 18 subjects in the current semester, Ranjani said the university was in talks with the Indian Embassy to permit the students to attend the same in the private hospitals until physical classes resumed in Ukraine.
Nagendran Muthailou Sabarish, a final-year MBBS student of V N Karazin Kharkiv National University, said the online classes would commence for them only on Monday. “Normalcy is yet to return to the places near our institution. Several teachers have migrated to other universities in western Ukraine or countries such as Poland.”
He said talks were on to conduct online exams to provide degrees to the graduates. “This will help the final-year students like me a lot.”
The students said they were constantly in touch with their teachers to know if they were safe.
Speaking to TOI, Joshina Jose, a third-year medical student of Lviv National Medical University, said the sirens were coded. “If the second siren goes off five seconds after the first one, the people in the region must take refuge in bunkers. If there is a siren after a long interval, it means the situation is safe.”
She said the online classes commenced a week ago. “Teachers are trying their best to cover the portions that have piled up because of the four weeks of holidays. We are missing the practical classes. Teachers said the licensing exam (KROK–1) that was scheduled for June may be postponed because of the situation.”
When asked about the difference in attending the online classes during the pandemic and the wartime, the tendril resident said there was a fear about what would happen to Ukraine now.
According to Shri Ranjania fifth-year medical student of National Prigone Memorial Medical University in Vinnytsia, teachers would pause the online classes by displaying an “Air Siren” slide, if there were a threat. “The teacher may return within 30 to 60 minutes or not return at all. We have to attend four online classes daily. Among the 13 students in my batch, three are from Tamil Nadu. The remaining students are from North India and Egypt.”
Pointing out that practical classes were required for 10 of the 18 subjects in the current semester, Ranjani said the university was in talks with the Indian Embassy to permit the students to attend the same in the private hospitals until physical classes resumed in Ukraine.
Nagendran Muthailou Sabarish, a final-year MBBS student of V N Karazin Kharkiv National University, said the online classes would commence for them only on Monday. “Normalcy is yet to return to the places near our institution. Several teachers have migrated to other universities in western Ukraine or countries such as Poland.”
He said talks were on to conduct online exams to provide degrees to the graduates. “This will help the final-year students like me a lot.”
The students said they were constantly in touch with their teachers to know if they were safe.