Open AccessCOVID-19 Pandemic and Medical Education in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Fatima Usman,
Zubairu Iliyasu,
Hamisu M. Salihu,
Muktar H. Aliyu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of translational medical research and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-9502
pISSN - 2576-9499
DOI - 10.21106/ijtmrph.361
Subject(s) - license , government (linguistics) , pandemic , medical education , covid-19 , tutor , attribution , quality (philosophy) , public relations , psychology , business , political science , medicine , pedagogy , social psychology , philosophy , linguistics , disease , epistemology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the learning process and outcome of medical education. In this commentary, we discuss the effect of COVID-19 on medical education in Nigeria. The disruption of educational services due to government-imposed lockdown and subsequent transition to e-learning with reduction in direct tutor-trainee contact hours to limit virus spread have had a profound effect on the quality of medical education. These measures have impacted adversely on the proficiency, and the intellectual, psychological, financial and social wellbeing of trainees, worsened by a compromised educational system from pre-existing challenges militating against quality education. Prompt re-evaluation of all aspects of medical training with emphasis on developing digital learning platforms that will enable trainees to acquire the needed knowledge and improve learning outcomes is paramount, as it is likely the effects of COVID-19 will linger for a while. Copyright © 2021 Usman, et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in this journal, is properly cited.