COVID-19 impact and virtual medical education
The Corona-Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic has had<br />a tremendous effect on medical education. It is also challenging<br />the medical educationists’ ability to adapt to this whole unique<br />situation. Considering the hospital-based education, clinical<br />mentor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism |
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| Online Access: | https://jamp.sums.ac.ir/article_46663_b797412b10192327425eb7e6d489ee73.pdf |
| Summary: | The Corona-Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic has had<br />a tremendous effect on medical education. It is also challenging<br />the medical educationists’ ability to adapt to this whole unique<br />situation. Considering the hospital-based education, clinical<br />mentors, and students in all health professions are potential<br />carriers.<br />However, the current crisis is revitalizing the necessity for<br />online learning opportunities and virtual education. Most<br />medical schools are following reacting to lockdown with a shift<br />to live online or video-based learning. Maintaining standard<br />in medical education, keeping the clinical learning on stream,<br />and minimizing the assessment disruption are unprecedented<br />challenges under pandemic conditions. Adaptation to this new<br />situation is necessary to prepare future clinicians for practice.<br />This commentary discusses how this pandemic may affect<br />medical education. In this commentary, the author highlights the<br />importance of virtual education and the potential implications<br />of integrating virtual simulation technologies into medical<br />education for the future of clinical competency learning and<br />assessment. |
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| ISSN: | 2322-2220 2322-3561 |