Abstract
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown policies have far ranging effects on health professions education (HPEd), with an impact in all its aspects, including curricula, teaching methods, student selection processes, educational outcomes, HPEd research, and student, teacher, and school welfare. Adaptations to the pandemic and lockdown measures have leaned heavily on technology. The effects may have differences across various health professions particularly those with an emphasis on psychomotor skills. There may also be differences among populations of students, teachers and schools related to the availability, accessibility and cost of technology. The rapid, forced change in the paradigms of health professions education across the globe may persist as long as lockdown measures and threat of resurgence remains, even as COVID-19 still sweeps across different countries.
Highlights
COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS novel coronavirus (SARS-nCoV-2), is a pandemic that has spread to nearly every country around the world (WHO, 2020)
Countries have undertaken drastic measures to prevent the further spread of the disease, including highly restrictive lockdowns and selective allowances for mobility (World Economic Forum, 2020; Kaplan et al, 2020). These policies vary per country but commonly provide a degree of freedom for designated "essential" workers and services (Buchholz, 2020; Johns Hopkins University, 2020). In line with these lockdown policies, many educational activities have since been suspended by universities globally, impacting even health professions education institutions (HPEIs) and potentially postponing or even preventing the entry of new professionals to the health workforce (Arandjelovic, et al, 2020)
The aim of this paper is to explore the impact of COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown on health professions education (HPEd)
Summary
COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS novel coronavirus (SARS-nCoV-2), is a pandemic that has spread to nearly every country around the world (WHO, 2020). Countries have undertaken drastic measures to prevent the further spread of the disease, including highly restrictive lockdowns and selective allowances for mobility (World Economic Forum, 2020; Kaplan et al, 2020). These policies vary per country but commonly provide a degree of freedom for designated "essential" workers and services (Buchholz, 2020; Johns Hopkins University, 2020). In line with these lockdown policies, many educational activities have since been suspended by universities globally, impacting even health professions education institutions (HPEIs) and potentially postponing or even preventing the entry of new professionals to the health workforce (Arandjelovic, et al, 2020). It is important to understand how health professions education (HPEd) is being impacted and what adaptations have to be considered in the near future and the long-term
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