Innovation and Inequality: A Medical Student Perspective. Comment on "The Present and Future Applications of Technology in Adapting Medical Education Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic".

Myat Pan,Myat San

doi:10.2196/26790

Abstract

Letter to the editor on a JMIR article 'The Present and Future Applications of Technology in Adapting Medical Education Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic'. We have reflected on the author's main arguments using our experiences as fifth-year medical students at the University of Oxford and Cardiff University. While we support the increased use of technology in medical education, we also invite the author to offer suggestions on how this process can be made more equitable with an aim to widen participation.

Highlights

We read with great interest a JMIR Medical Education article from Remtulla [1] on the merits of using technology in medical education amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
We find Zoom or Microsoft Teams convenient and practical to use for clinical teaching, while our colleagues agree that concentration is better in our own rooms than in lecture theaters
We commend the author for highlighting the importance of incorporating telemedicine into medical education

Summary

Introduction

We read with great interest a JMIR Medical Education article from Remtulla [1] on the merits of using technology in medical education amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. KEYWORDS medical education; technology; coronavirus; medical students; COVID-19; pandemic; online lecture; virtual reality; education The article resonated greatly with our experiences as fifth-year medical students during the pandemic, which has created an opportunity to innovate and redefine medical education in an age of technology. The author suggests online lectures may become a permanent alteration.

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