Undergraduate Medical Education During the Pandemic: How do Academic Staff Members in Greece and Cyprus Feel About it?

Eleftheriou, Anna; Rokou, Aikaterini; Doukaki, Polyxeni; Kapetanios, Ioannis; Diamantopoulou, Panagiota; Papaioannou, Theodore G.; Lytras, Theodore; Παπάνας, Νικόλαος; Constantinidis, Theodoros C.; Nena, Evangelia

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“…Limitation of interaction with peers and teachers virtually is inconsistently reported in the literature: while this was a concern reported by medical students in Brazil, 22 Saudi Arabia, 23 and Greece, 24 preserved or improved interactions with peers and instructors were reported to a certain extent in our study as well as other countries like Jordan. 15 While the preclinical phase of medical curricula was somewhat "successfully" replaced by the novel culture of "online home learning," the lack of hands-on training may have serious implications on the quality of training of the current cohort of students, which was a clear concern raised by Lebanese students and past year graduates.…”

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Insights of Medical Students and Graduates Toward Electronic Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lebanon: A National Cross-Sectional Study

Bou Zerdan,

Bouferraa,

Bou Zerdan

et al. 2023

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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OBJECTIVE This study examines the perceptions of Lebanese medical students and graduates regarding the switch to electronic learning (e-learning) and measures their psychological distress amid the COVID-19 pandemic, compounded by an unprecedented financial collapse and the August 4 Beirut blast. METHODS This is a national cross-sectional descriptive study, consisting of a 48-item questionnaire, diffused online to Lebanese medical students between February 8 and 21, 2021. The survey divided into 5 sections assesses for (1) Sociodemographic information, (2) implemented changes in medical education delivery precipitated by the pandemic, (3) students’ perceptions regarding the effectiveness, advantages, and barriers of e-learning, and (4) role of e-learning in clinical training. Finally, students’ psychological distress was measured, using the Kessler 10-item distress scale (K10). Descriptive analyses were performed using Stata version 13 and Excel. RESULTS 1060 responses were recorded (27% response rate) across all Lebanese medical schools. Although 71.6% of participants found e-learning to be stimulating, half of the participants thought it was not equally effective to face-to-face learning. Around 73.1% of students felt they were not able to learn hands-on clinical skills. Lebanese students identified cost savings (food, transportation etc) and poor internet connectivity are the most common advantage and barrier, respectively; 77.8% of participants showed high/very high levels of distress (K10 score ≥22). CONCLUSIONS Ensuring accessibility and availability of resources such as electricity and internet is of utmost priority. Lebanese medical schools need to incorporate clinical training experiences to their virtual platforms to maintain the quality of medical education to their students. A particular attention to students’ mental health is warranted, by increasing awareness and access to mental health services.

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Insights of Medical Students and Graduates Toward Electronic Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lebanon: A National Cross-Sectional Study

Bou Zerdan,

Bouferraa,

Bou Zerdan

et al. 2023

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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“…This journal is continuously contributing to our increase in knowledge, offering new high-quality data, including the effects of the pandemic on undergraduate medical education. [31][32][33][34] In addition, during the next few years we should carefully monitor patients with previous COVID-19 infections in order to understand if the previous infection increases the risk of DFS or amputation or death.…”

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Diabetic Foot Syndrome in the COVID-19 era: How to Move from Classical to new Approaches

Anichini

Cosentino

Παπάνας

2022

The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

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Diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) is a major complication of diabetes mellitus. Coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created new necessities and priorities in DFS management. These include telemedicine and patient triage to minimise hospitalisation and visits to the clinic. Moreover, new studies will be needed to evaluate whether the lockdown in patients with DFS or in those with high risk of DFS have increased the risk of deteriorating outcomes, including limb loss. Our future challenge will lie in re-organising our world during the pandemic and after its resolution. We need more awareness of the widespread ways of the changes in taking care of patients and to improve education, skills, and behaviour of high-risk patients.

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From an Empty, to an Almost Full, and Eventually to a Never Full Glass: The Evolving Challenges of Medical Education

Koufakis,

Gouveri,

Doumas

et al. 2023

The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

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It has traditionally been considered that the larger the amount of knowledge, the greater the competency of a physician. However, the vertiginously fast accumulation of novel knowledge in modern medicine raises the risk that students and residents get lost in the chaos of information to which they are exposed. Thus, it becomes evident that redefining the model of medical education (and possibly rethinking what a “good” doctor means) becomes inevitable. Current challenges in medical training include early engagement of medical students in research activities and evidence-based medicine procedures, as well as adoption of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence. Gradually, the paradigm of the competent physician will transform from the “one who knows well” to “one who knows well where to search for knowledge.” Given that person-centeredness remains an essential goal of medical education, supervision and assistance by academic staff are needed to ensure that the new training model has a positive impact on person-centered and doctor–patient relationships.

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Undergraduate Medical Education During the Pandemic: How do Academic Staff Members in Greece and Cyprus Feel About it?

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Insights of Medical Students and Graduates Toward Electronic Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lebanon: A National Cross-Sectional Study

Insights of Medical Students and Graduates Toward Electronic Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lebanon: A National Cross-Sectional Study

Diabetic Foot Syndrome in the COVID-19 era: How to Move from Classical to new Approaches

From an Empty, to an Almost Full, and Eventually to a Never Full Glass: The Evolving Challenges of Medical Education

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