Open AccessThe Change of Medical Education Landscape in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Fahisham Taib,
Mohd Najib Mat Pa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
education in medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2180-1932
DOI - 10.21315/eimj2021.13.3.10
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , social distance , globe , medical education , norm (philosophy) , distance education , face (sociological concept) , psychology , sociology , political science , pedagogy , medicine , outbreak , social science , virology , disease , pathology , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
The COVID-19 outbreak started late 2019 has systematically changed the lives of people around the globe. Medical schools have to implement changes in the teaching methodology to observe social distancing order. The pandemic perpetuates a paradigm shift in medical teaching, from face-to-face to virtual and online teaching. Virtual teaching has become the new learning norm but limited in replacing clinical teaching. It has been considered as one of the most viable options for the long-term durability and continuity of medical education. The fluidity of such educational changes, especially during the pandemic warrants preparation of the online infrastructure learning, literacy of the learners and preparation by the teachers during this period.