Related Articles Medical students acceptance and perceptions of e learning during the Covid 19 closure time in King Abdulaziz University Jeddah J Infect Public Health 2020 Dec 05 14 1 17 23 Authors Ibrahim NK Al Raddadi R AlDarmasi M Al Ghamdi A Gaddoury M AlBar HM Ramadan IK Abstract BACKGROUND Nowadays there is a paradigm shift in medical education This shift occurred following the Covid 19 crisis The world uses digital e learning to support the public health response to this pandemic The study s objective was to determine the medical students acceptance and perceptions of e learning during the Covid 19 closure time in Jeddah METHODS A cross sectional web based study was done among 340 medical students from King Abdulaziz University 2020 A standardized electronic self administered Google Form data collection sheet was distributed It included the E learning acceptance measure ElAM containing three constructs namely tutor quality TQ perceived usefulness PU and facilitating conditions FC The sheet also inquired about the students perceptions of the benefits enablers and barriers to e learning Descriptive inferential statistics and multiple linear regression analyses were applied RESULTS Blackboard and Zoom were the most preferred Learning Management Systems LMS by our medical students The mean score of ElAM was 102 82 24 102 Better achievers obtained significantly P 0 001 higher scores in all ElAM constructs About three fifths of the students confirmed that e learning substituted classical on campus learning and was an adaptable and less time consuming method The educator s good e learning skills the subject instructional design interaction motivation and good LMS were agreed as enablers of e learning However most students accepted that clinical teaching is the most challenging learning outcome and that exams could be affected by low internet quality CONCLUSION Medical students moderately accepted e learning during the Covid 19 Pandemic closure time More training of the students and tutors better designing e courses more interaction motivation and blended learning are recommended PMID 33341480 PubMed as supplied by publisher