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Editorial: Medical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic; An insight

Editorial Board | DOI: https://doi.org/10.31579/2690-8808/072

Editorial: Medical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic; An insight

  • Divya R 1*
  • Selvakumar S 2

1Associate professor, Department of Physiology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical college and Hospital, Perambalur, Tamilnadu, India. 
2Assistant professor, Department of Physiology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical college and Hospital, Perambalur, Tamilnadu, India

*Corresponding Author: Divya R, Associate professor, Department of Physiology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital, Perambalur, Tamilnadu, India.

Citation: Divya R*, Selvakumar S (2021) Medical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic; An insight J. of Clin Case Rep and Stu 2(2); DOI: 10.31579/2690-8808/072

Copyright: © 2021: Divya R. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: 01 April 2021 | Accepted: 03 April 2021 | Published: 30 April 2021

Keywords: flatten, curtail, perseverance

Abstract

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 has produced weighty hindrances for the medical educators’ delivery of healthcare and medical education. The educational strategies besieging the pandemic aid inimitable challenges to the medical students interested in pursuing Medicine

Introduction

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 has produced weighty hindrances for the medical educators’ delivery of healthcare and medical education. The educational strategies besieging the pandemic aid inimitable challenges to the medical students interested in pursuing Medicine [1].
Many Medical schools have cancelled the classes for Students for various concerns such as to flatten the curve, curtail personal interfaces, comprehend the spread and to cutback the risk of exposure for medical students [2].
The instantaneous effect of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is the cancellation of in-person medical classes. The one-to-one lectures were replaced by recorded lectures or online live-streaming classes [2].

Conclusion

In face of COVID-19 pandemic and its novel challenges, the medical educators need to think outside the box and amend their vistas to pander in various pioneering slants to address the practical difficulties associated with the state of affairs. In this unique circumstances, medical students should pilot the challenges with Perseverance and compliance. Instigating technology into medical education will help in stamping out the pre-conceived notions of how medicine should be taught.

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