Abstract
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has quickly prompted medical schools and students around the world to transition from their traditional classrooms to web-based learning, the global crisis has inspired the development of innovative e-learning solutions that use existing technology and other web-based tools to continue nurturing the education of medical students while ensuring the public health and safety of both students and faculty members alike. Through the perspective of medical students, we share how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and transformed small team–based learning in medical education; changed objective structured clinical exam evaluations and the practice of clinical skills through telemedicine; and nurtured nationwide, web-based, student-led initiatives for community outreach, telehealth, and medical services.
Highlights
In today’s day and age of innovative technology, the urgency and necessity of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has paved the way for the rapid reimagination and flexible restructuring of medical school education
The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly prompted medical schools and students around the world to transition from their traditional classrooms to web-based learning, the global crisis has inspired the development of innovative e-learning solutions that use existing technology and other web-based tools to continue nurturing the education of medical students while ensuring the public health and safety of both students and faculty members alike
Just like with any other objective structured clinical exam (OSCE), demonstrating the qualities of genuine concern, compassion, respect, and support validated our patients’ feelings and perspectives through empathy. Developing these important soft skills while practicing objective clinical skills gained from medical content and knowledge is critical for the development of a physician in training [8]. These valuable learning opportunities have become an alternative to cancelled in-person OSCEs during the pandemic and have helped provide medical students and health professional trainees with an insightful clinical experience while telehealth rises in critical importance [9,10]
Summary
In today’s day and age of innovative technology, the urgency and necessity of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has paved the way for the rapid reimagination and flexible restructuring of medical school education. The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly prompted medical schools and students around the world to transition from their traditional classrooms to web-based learning, the global crisis has inspired the development of innovative e-learning solutions that use existing technology and other web-based tools to continue nurturing the education of medical students while ensuring the public health and safety of both students and faculty members alike. Through the perspective of medical students, we share how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and transformed small team–based learning in medical education; changed objective structured clinical exam evaluations and the practice of clinical skills through telemedicine; and nurtured nationwide, web-based, student-led initiatives for community outreach, telehealth, and medical services.
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