Technology enhanced training in family medicine during Covid-19 pandemic, trainers and trainees’ view

Abstract

Purpose of the study: how to shift from face-to-face clinical training into technology enhanced training during Covid 19 pandemic.Study design: Online trainer simulation with pre-prepared case scenarios and case discussion was our designed interventional training using Zoom application.Results: Regarding trainee’s feedback to the zoom training, 85% of them thought that it was useful. More than 75% of them recommended this online training for future trainees. More than 80% of the trainers were satisfied with the online training experience. More than 75% of them thought that this was a beneficial experience for the participating house officers. Although two-third of the trainers perceived the training to be mildly and moderately overloading, yet more than 80% of them were satisfied with this training experience and about three-fourth of them preferred it on face-to-face training. They suggested increasing the time of the session to allow for more feedback and discussion.Conclusion: Technology enhanced training is a good way of training that can improve many aspects of clinical family medicine skills as communication skills, patient-centred approach, clinical reasoning, and construction of management plan. It can be applied in other specialties especially in crisis times. In the future, it can be used as blended method of training beside face to face training in the clinics so they can complement each other.