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A comparative study of online learning in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic versus conventional learning

Safaa M. Hanafy, Mohammad I. Jumaa and Mostafa A. Arafa
Saudi Medical Journal March 2021, 42 (3) 324-331; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.3.20200741
Safaa M. Hanafy
From the Department of Anatomy (Hanafy, Jumaa), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Imam Mohammad Bin Saud Islamic University; from the Cancer Research Chair, Faculty of Medicine (Arafa), King Saud University Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Anatomy (Jumaa), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Asuit, Egypt.
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Mohammad I. Jumaa
From the Department of Anatomy (Hanafy, Jumaa), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Imam Mohammad Bin Saud Islamic University; from the Cancer Research Chair, Faculty of Medicine (Arafa), King Saud University Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Anatomy (Jumaa), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Asuit, Egypt.
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Mostafa A. Arafa
From the Department of Anatomy (Hanafy, Jumaa), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Imam Mohammad Bin Saud Islamic University; from the Cancer Research Chair, Faculty of Medicine (Arafa), King Saud University Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Anatomy (Jumaa), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Asuit, Egypt.
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