Idle medical students review emerging COVID-19 research. Issue 1 (1st January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boodman, Carl; Lee, Santina; Bullard, Jared
• Is Part Of: Medical education online. Volume 25:Issue 1(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-01-01
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- interdisciplinary education -- research -- medical education -- pandemic -- school interruption; Medical education -- Periodicals; Education, Medical -- Periodicals; 610.71
• DOI: 10.1080/10872981.2020.1770562
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1087-2981

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is causing wide-spread interruptions in medical education. With little warning, clinical rotations were cancelled and medical students were sent home. While pre-clinical students transitioned to online curricula, clinical students were left without discreet educational goals. Simultaneously, medical doctors were scrambling to maintain competence in the face of rapidly evolving COVID-19 information. Here, we describe an education program that integrates medical students into interdisciplinary teams to review emerging COVID-19 research that directly answers questions sent in by medical doctors.