Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the pre-clerkship, clerkship, and research experiences for medical students. Although these changes impact all specialties, we highlight the unique challenges faced by neurology education and discuss methods by which our institution is adapting to these changes at the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S. We include a few examples of how some neurology departments around the country have altered their teaching methods in the COVID-19 era and capitalize on lessons learned by proposing new strategies for moving neurology education forward.
Highlights
Specialty section: This article was submitted to Leadership in Education, a section of the journal Frontiers in Education
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the pre-clerkship, clerkship, and research experiences for medical students. These changes impact all specialties, we highlight the unique challenges faced by neurology education and discuss methods by which our institution is adapting to these changes at the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S We include a few examples of how some neurology departments around the country have altered their teaching methods in the COVID-19 era and capitalize on lessons learned by proposing new strategies for moving neurology education forward
For pre-clerkship students, all lectures became virtual, and preceptorship sessions, which previously allowed students to engage in clinical settings, were either postponed or canceled
Summary
Located in New York City at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S, Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) has continuously reassessed the balance between patient care, medical education, and research. In March 2020, in consultation with its primary teaching hospital system, New York-Presbyterian, WCM made the difficult but necessary decision to suspend all medical student teaching in clinical care settings, creating changes for medical students at all phases of their education. For pre-clerkship students, all lectures became virtual, and preceptorship sessions, which previously allowed students to engage in clinical settings, were either postponed or canceled. Clerkship students who depended on a year of complete clinical immersion could no longer participate in in-person patient encounters. More senior medical students struggled with the cancellation of away electives and sub-internships, along with the uncertain implications of these changes on the residency application process
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