Medical education challenges and innovations during COVID-19 pandemic. Issue 1159 (29th March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Papapanou, Michail; Routsi, Eleni; Tsamakis, Konstantinos; Fotis, Lampros; Marinos, Georgios; Lidoriki, Irene; Karamanou, Marianna; Papaioannou, Theodore G; Tsiptsios, Dimitrios; Smyrnis, Nikolaos; Rizos, Emmanouil; Schizas, Dimitrios
• Is Part Of: Postgraduate medical journal. Volume 98:Issue 1159(2022)
• Page Start: 321
• Page End: 327
• Publication Date: 2021-03-29
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- medical education & training; Medicine -- Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2021-140032
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0032-5473

Abstract

Abstract : COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly disrupted the well-established, traditional structure of medical education. Τhe new limitations of physical presence have accelerated the development of an online learning environment, comprising both of asynchronous and synchronous distance education, and the introduction of novel ways of student assessment. At the same time, this prolonged crisis had serious implications on the lives of medical students including their psychological well-being and the impact on their academic trajectories. The new reality has, on many occasions, triggered the 'acting up' of medical students as frontline healthcare staff, which has been perceived by many of them as a positive learning and contributing experience, and has led to a variety of responses from the educational institutions. All things considered, the urgency for rapid and novel adaptations to the new circumstances has functioned as a springboard for remarkable innovations in medical education, including the promotion of a more "evidence-based" approach.