Best practices for effective implementation of online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education: during COVID-19 and beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused worldwide disruption to the entire educational system, including medical and health professions education. Considering the critical situation due to COVID-19, academic institutions shifted the entire pedagogical approach to the virtual learning mode. While delivering...
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| author | Pradeep Kumar Sahu Hakki Dalcik Cannur Dalcik Madan Mohan Gupta Vijay Kumar Chattu Srikanth Umakanthan |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has caused worldwide disruption to the entire educational system, including medical and health professions education. Considering the critical situation due to COVID-19, academic institutions shifted the entire pedagogical approach to the virtual learning mode. While delivering online teaching, educators experienced numerous challenges, including access to the internet, poor connectivity, and other technical issues. Some students did not have laptops and necessary devices to attend the Class. Besides, many educators were not confident enough to manage the online mode of delivery. In this perspective, we reviewed the evidence of best practices for the medical and health professions educators to deliver the curriculum through an online platform. Therefore, the current study aimed to review the best practices for effective online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education during COVID-19 and beyond. We reviewed the technical aspects of online teaching and educational strategies required for educators to provide quality training not just during the pandemic but beyond this crisis. The online literature search was performed on Medline, PubMed and google scholar databases for studies on online teaching in medical and health profession education and what are the best practices of teaching globally Online teaching and assessment must balance the requirements of technology, learning outcomes, delivery modes, learning resources, and learning resources. The study concludes that medical and health professions institutions strengthen technical infrastructure, promote continuous faculty development programs, and support indigent students to access digital technology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a812825a3b884734b495590b6f1ac33d2022-12-22T00:32:25ZengAIMS PressAIMS Public Health2327-89942022-01-019227829210.3934/publichealth.2022019Best practices for effective implementation of online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education: during COVID-19 and beyondPradeep Kumar Sahu0Hakki Dalcik1Cannur Dalcik 2Madan Mohan Gupta3Vijay Kumar Chattu4Srikanth Umakanthan51. Centre of Medical Sciences Education, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago2. Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Aydin University, Florya Istanbul, Turkey2. Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Aydin University, Florya Istanbul, Turkey3. School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago4. Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada 5. Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technological Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India 6. Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, India7. Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and TobagoThe COVID-19 pandemic has caused worldwide disruption to the entire educational system, including medical and health professions education. Considering the critical situation due to COVID-19, academic institutions shifted the entire pedagogical approach to the virtual learning mode. While delivering online teaching, educators experienced numerous challenges, including access to the internet, poor connectivity, and other technical issues. Some students did not have laptops and necessary devices to attend the Class. Besides, many educators were not confident enough to manage the online mode of delivery. In this perspective, we reviewed the evidence of best practices for the medical and health professions educators to deliver the curriculum through an online platform. Therefore, the current study aimed to review the best practices for effective online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education during COVID-19 and beyond. We reviewed the technical aspects of online teaching and educational strategies required for educators to provide quality training not just during the pandemic but beyond this crisis. The online literature search was performed on Medline, PubMed and google scholar databases for studies on online teaching in medical and health profession education and what are the best practices of teaching globally Online teaching and assessment must balance the requirements of technology, learning outcomes, delivery modes, learning resources, and learning resources. The study concludes that medical and health professions institutions strengthen technical infrastructure, promote continuous faculty development programs, and support indigent students to access digital technology.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2022019?viewType=HTMLmedical educationhealth professionsonline teachingcovid-19synchronousasynchronousassessmenttechnology |
| spellingShingle | Pradeep Kumar Sahu Hakki Dalcik Cannur Dalcik Madan Mohan Gupta Vijay Kumar Chattu Srikanth Umakanthan Best practices for effective implementation of online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education: during COVID-19 and beyond AIMS Public Health medical education health professions online teaching covid-19 synchronous asynchronous assessment technology |
| title | Best practices for effective implementation of online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education: during COVID-19 and beyond |
| title_full | Best practices for effective implementation of online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education: during COVID-19 and beyond |
| title_fullStr | Best practices for effective implementation of online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education: during COVID-19 and beyond |
| title_full_unstemmed | Best practices for effective implementation of online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education: during COVID-19 and beyond |
| title_short | Best practices for effective implementation of online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education: during COVID-19 and beyond |
| title_sort | best practices for effective implementation of online teaching and learning in medical and health professions education during covid 19 and beyond |
| topic | medical education health professions online teaching covid-19 synchronous asynchronous assessment technology |
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