Objective　To explore the online learning status of medical undergraduates in Guangzhou during the epidemic of COVID-19

so as to provide basis for improving online medical education in colleges and universities. Methods　From March 27

2020 to April 10

2020

a self-compiled questionnaire was used to investigate the online learning status of medical students in a medical college in Guangzhou by using snowball sampling and convenience sampling. SPSS 25.0 was used for data analysis

and frequency and percentage (%) were used to describe the enumeration data. Results　According to the survey

63.8% of students studied for average 3-6 hours each day. Among the online learning platforms

the usage rate of MOOC was the highest (1 230

92.9%)

and 56.0% of medical students' self-assessment of online learning results are ordinary. The main factors affecting learning effect are visual fatigue (1 051

79.4%)

lack of learning atmosphere and inability to concentrate at home (960

72.5%)

and inconvenient operation due to different platforms for certain different courses (940

71.0%). There are 32.2% of medical students who dislike the comprehensive online teaching mode. Due to the limitations of online experimental teaching

61.0% of medical students indicated that the learning effect of experimental classes was affected. Conclusion　Comprehensive online teaching has certain limitations. Corresponding measures should be taken from the following four aspects of college teachers

teaching platforms

students themselves

and college management departments to help the development of online medical teaching.