The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical student education: Implementation and outcome of a virtual general surgery curriculum - 20/06/22
Abstract |
Background |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, medical schools were forced to adapt clinical curricula. The University of Washington School of Medicine created a hybrid in person and virtual general surgery clerkship.
Methods |
The third year general surgery clerkship was modified to a 4-week in person and 2-week virtual clerkship to accommodate the same number of learners in less time. All students completed a survey to assess the impact of the virtual clerkship.
Results |
The students preferred faculty lectures over national modules in the virtual clerkship. 58.6% indicated they would prefer the virtual component before the in-person experience. There was no change from previous years in final grades or clerkship exam scores after this hybrid curriculum.
Conclusions |
If the need for a virtual general surgery curriculum arises again in the future, learners value this experience at the beginning of the clerkship and prefer faculty lectures over national modules.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Highlights |
• | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, medical school curricula were modified. |
• | The University of Washington School of Medicine created a 2 week virtual general surgery clerkship. |
• | Medical students prefer in person general surgery clerkship over virtual. |
• | Exam pass rates and clinical grades were not effected by curriculum modifications. |
Keywords : COVID-19, Medical student education, General surgery clerkship, Virtual clerkship
Plan
Vol 224 - N° 1PB
P. 612-616 - juillet 2022 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.