The impact of COVID-19 on the undergraduate medical curriculum

Med Educ Online. 2020 Dec;25(1):1764740. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2020.1764740.

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted medical education globally. As universities seek to deliver medical education through new methods of modalities, this continuing of education ensures the learning of the future workforce of the NHS. Novel ways of online teaching should be considered in new medical curricula development, as well as methods of delivering practical skills for medical students online.

Keywords: Medical education; education; medical curricula; online teaching; undergraduate.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Curriculum*
  • Education, Distance*
  • Education, Medical
  • Education, Medical, Undergraduate*
  • Humans
  • Learning
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Students, Medical
  • Teaching
  • Universities