The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical student education: Implementation and outcome of a virtual general surgery curriculum.
Am J Surg
; 224(1 Pt B): 612-616, 2022 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1757086
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.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Students, Medical
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General Surgery
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Clinical Clerkship
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Education, Medical, Undergraduate
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Am J Surg
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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