Evaluation of digital text book vs. print text book learning perceptions among dental students during covid-19. A questionnaire study

Background: Reading has always been an important element since education has stepped into this world the ideology of printing of letters on papers got transformed into textbooks.Slowly in the mid-1970s, the age of digitalization got started which gave birth to E-books.But it is not only the technology that got restructured, society is also responsible regard these issues.In this study, many of the students were suddenly sent home because of the pandemic and they were in short of textbooks and they had to gear up with e-books for their exam preparation.Hence the study aimed to find out which had higher perception levels among e-book as well as a textbook.Materials and methodology: A total of 100 bds students took part in this study those who have recently completed their first bds examinations.The questionnaire was composed of 10 questions compiling various segments related to e-books as well as textbooks.It was circulated to them via google forms.The questionnaire was a agree to disagree type whose options were ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree.Results: A total of 100 students had given their responses and the results show that 78% of the students preferred textbooks and remain 28% voted for e-books.This study was performed irrespective of cast sex and gender.It also showed that 75% of the student show memory apprehension more in textbooks rather than in e-books.Conclusion: Most of the students in the study preferred textbooks rather than e-books but they also apprehend that textbook is not the only way to read.The students are focused on their best output.