Abstract
This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. The disruptive influence of the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was felt worldwide, shutting down global activities and with it standard medical educational processes of face-to-face classroom sessions and clinical clerkship education. In the midst of suspending our face-to-face educational events to support safety for students, faculty, patients, and the community, we recognized the urgent need to build and implement online medical education coursework focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. In this innovative educational experience, we created a comprehensive approach to learning about the COVID-19 pandemic, including not only basic science and clinical knowledge, but also incorporating information in health system science, public health, and health equity. This study examined that perspective of third and fourth year medical students enrolled in a rapidly created two-week online COVID-19 Pandemic course. A course evaluation was completed by 266 of 347 students enrolled in the course. The evaluation included 10 Likert-scale items and 3 open response items. Results indicated an appreciation of basic science and clinical content of the course and serve to inform quality improvement for future iterations of the course or other institutions seeking to develop or improve COVID-19 coursework.
Highlights
The disruptive influence of the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was felt worldwide, shutting down activities across the globe and effectively eliminating the traditional educational operations
For the third and fourth year medical students who will quickly become the wave of physicians providing care during this health crisis, there was an urgent need to build virtual medical education coursework related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Medical student commentary and interviews indicate that students are interested in being prepared to help in clinical settings with broad education related to COVID-19, including clinical care, communication skills, mental health care, crisis management, and public health (Tabari et al, 2020; Theoret and Ming, 2020)
Summary
The disruptive influence of the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was felt worldwide, shutting down activities across the globe and effectively eliminating the traditional educational operations. For the third and fourth year medical students who will quickly become the wave of physicians providing care during this health crisis, there was an urgent need to build virtual medical education coursework related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Documented COVID-19 responses in medical education include using rapidly created student response teams (Soled et al, 2020) and moving to virtual coursework to comply with social distancing guidelines (Fernandez-Altuna et al, 2020; Rose et al, 2020; Singh et al, 2020). Medical student commentary and interviews indicate that students are interested in being prepared to help in clinical settings with broad education related to COVID-19, including clinical care, communication skills, mental health care, crisis management, and public health (Tabari et al, 2020; Theoret and Ming, 2020)
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
