Medical education in the midst of a pandemic: What are the longer term consequences for the doctors of tomorrow?

Gondhalekar, Anjali Rajendra; Gondhalekar, Mohan Rajendra

doi:10.1016/j.mjafi.2020.11.030

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“…Most incoming first-year medical students usually have a difficult transition to make as they begin medical school. With the pandemic, they now had to face the unique challenge of abrupt changes to the structure of their education, as schools were transitioning and testing different methods of learning [ 2 , 3 ]. While many impacts of these changes are still unknown, medical students have shown a range of attitudes toward remote and online learning.…”

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Academic Performance and Personal Experience Among First-Year Medical Students

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic forced medical education to rapidly transition from in-person learning to online learning. This change came with learning difficulties, social isolation, limited student/faculty relationships, and decreased academic performance. Objective The purpose of this study is to determine if academic performance, study habits, student/faculty relationships, and mental health were different in first-year medical students (class of 2024) during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre-COVID cohorts. Methods In April 2021, a survey was sent to first-year medical students at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV asking them to reflect on their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic including study environment, mental health, and relationships with peers and faculty. A similar survey was sent to second- and third-year medical students (classes of 2023 and 2022) asking them to reflect on similar experiences during their first year of medical school. Exam scores for the first five exams were gathered and compared between first-, second-, and third-year medical students. Results One hundred twenty-five students responded to the survey (81% of first-year students, 75% of second-year students, and 55% of third-year students). During the COVID-19 pandemic, first semester students did not score above the national average as much as first semester students pre-COVID (55% vs. 77%). Students during the pandemic studied at home more than previous cohorts. Mental health and relationships were all rated significantly lower among first semester students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions Significant differences were found in first semester student experience and academic performance during the pandemic compared to pre-COVID cohorts.

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“…However, there are many issues with online education and e-learning that need to be addressed. [3][4][5] The pros and cons of e-learning and its effectiveness in undergraduate medical education in resource-limited countries like India need further evaluation. Hence, such studies are important to assess the first MBBS students' perception about e-learning and online classes.…”

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“…A mediocre student often finds it difficult to keep up with the pace of lecture proceedings. [2][3][4][5] As a matter of course, the first MBBS students refer textbooks and classroom notes to study and prepare for assessments in first year MBBS. However, for better understanding of complex topics, e-learning is being used by the MBBS students.…”

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“…Medical students frequently visit these sites and use the information which can be considered as e-learning. [1][2][3][4][5] However, searching the appropriate data online can be time consuming and difficult for the first MBBS students. Audio-visual aids help in keeping interest during online learning.…”

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“…That is why watching dissection videos on YouTube has become popular among first MBBS students during periods of lockdown. [3][4][5][6] Since gross anatomy is learnt through dissections of cadaver, the students were benefitted by online dissections videos freely available over the internet. Students find it more convenient and easier to search information online than to ask directly to the teachers.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practices towards e-learning: A feasibility study among first MBBS students of Government Medical College from hilly region of India

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Background: Nationwide lockdown tremendously affected academic and educational activities of medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical students like all other faculties resorted to the e-learning modalities. This has helped the first MBBS students to continue learning during this period of lockdown. Hence studies about perception of medical students towards e-learning are relevant. Aims and Objectives: To assess the first MBBS student’s perception about e-learning and online classes. To evaluate feasibility of utilizing e-learning by assessing the acceptability, knowledge, attitude, skills and habits of first MBBS students. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire of 25 questions on various aspects of e-learning was administered to the first MBBS students at Government Medical College, Himachal Pradesh through google form (n=100). They were asked to mark appropriate responses and the data was analysed to get the percentage and proportion on various aspects of e-learning. Results: The first MBBS students widely used e-learning resources to learn anatomy, physiology as well as biochemistry during COVID 19 pandemic. E-learning has made a positive impact on overall learning of first-year subjects, especially anatomy. The responses did not have any association with gender (p>0.05). Conclusion: Distance learning can compensate for conventional teaching during pandemic, but cannot fully replace the traditional teaching in the medical institutes.

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Scoping review of published research on medical education in India during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Varma

Dongre

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Background Medical educators in India made rapid adjustments to maintain continuity and integrity of medical education in the midst of disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, there are concerns regarding achievement of competence by undergraduate medical students due to inadequate clinical exposure. We explored the focus of initiatives from medical educators in India by a scoping review of published articles on developments in medical education during the pandemic to map concepts, main sources and the literature available in PubMed. Methods We did this scoping review of published articles in PubMed database in four steps: (i) identification of research questions; (ii) identification of relevant studies; (iii) selection of studies meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria, and charting of data; and (iv) collating the summary and reporting of results. Manual content analysis was done to derive frequencies of variables. Results Of the 52 articles identified, 22 met the requirements. Most studies (68.2%) were published in 2020. Half of the studies were conducted among undergraduate students and the remaining among postgraduates (27.3%), faculty (18.2%) and interns (4.5%). All the studies were evaluations at Kirkpatrick level-1 (18; 81.8%) and level-2 (4; 18.2%). Most of the studies (9, 41%) focused on exploration of perspectives about online learning among students and faculty, 9 (27.3%) on teaching– learning, 4 (18.2%) on formative assessment and 3 (13.6%) on summative assessment. Conclusions Most studies were evaluations at Kirkpatrick level-1 and level-2 among undergraduate medical students with a focus on conceptual understanding.

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Medical education in the midst of a pandemic: What are the longer term consequences for the doctors of tomorrow?

Cited by 3 publications

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Academic Performance and Personal Experience Among First-Year Medical Students

The Impact of COVID-19 on Academic Performance and Personal Experience Among First-Year Medical Students

Knowledge, attitude and practices towards e-learning: A feasibility study among first MBBS students of Government Medical College from hilly region of India

Scoping review of published research on medical education in India during the Covid-19 pandemic

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