Open AccessPreparing Medical Students for the Final Examinations During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Bumpy Ride to the Finishing Line
Author(s) -
Nanthini Mageswaran,
Noor Akmal Shareela Ismail
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jmir medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2369-3762
DOI - 10.2196/31392
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medical education , pandemic , adaptability , resilience (materials science) , quality (philosophy) , psychological resilience , face (sociological concept) , psychology , medicine , sociology , management , social science , philosophy , physics , disease , epistemology , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , psychotherapist , thermodynamics
In this viewpoint, we share and reflect on the experiences of final-year students preparing for a high-stakes examination at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic. We highlight the new challenges faced during web-based remote learning and major differences in the clinical learning environment at our teaching hospital, which was one of the designated COVID-19 centers in Malaysia. We also document how a face-to-face professional examination was conducted for final-year medical students at our institution despite in times of a global health crisis. The lessons learned throughout this process address the importance of resilience and adaptability in unprecedented times. Further, we recommend appropriate measures that could be applied by medical schools across the world to improve the delivery of quality medical education during a crisis in the years to come.