Open AccessWeb-based Medical Education During COVID-19 Lockdown: A Step Back or a Leap to the Future?
Author(s) -
Anna Eleftheriou,
Aikaterini Rokou,
Christos Argyriou,
Νικόλαος Παπάνας,
George S. Georgiadis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the international journal of lower extremity wounds/international journal of lower extremity wounds
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1552-6941
pISSN - 1534-7346
DOI - 10.1177/15347346211011848
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , medical education , telemedicine , pandemic , web application , quality (philosophy) , medline , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , health care , world wide web , pathology , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , political science , law , economics , economic growth
The impact of coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) on medical education has been substantial. Medical students require considerable clinical exposure. However, due to the risk of COVID-19, the majority of medical schools globally have discontinued their normal activities. The strengths of virtual teaching now include a variety of web-based resources. New interactive forms of virtual teaching are being developed to enable students to interact with patients from their homes. Conversely, students have received decreased clinical training in certain medical and surgical specialities, which may, in turn, reduce their performance, confidence, and abilities as future physicians. We sought to analyze the effect of telemedicine on the quality of medical education in this new emerging era and highlight the benefits and drawbacks of web-based medical training in building up future physicians. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an unparalleled challenge to medical schools, which are aiming to deliver quality education to students virtually, balancing between evidence-based and experience-based medicine.