Open AccessBlended learning and assessment in medical education: important for Nepal
Author(s) -
Ravi Shankar Pathyil
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2091-2242
pISSN - 2091-2358
DOI - 10.3126/jmcjms.v9i2.43248
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , outbreak , blended learning , online learning , medical education , geography , medicine , psychology , virology , disease , pedagogy , infectious disease (medical specialty) , educational technology , computer science , multimedia , pathology
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020 caused an abrupt shift to online teaching-learning globally. Nepal was no exception. Like most other countries Nepal has gone through multiple waves of the pandemic and the latest surge led by the Omicron variant started in January 2022. Due to the lockdown in March 2020 and the absence of physical in-person classes, medical colleges in Nepal had to shift overnight to online teaching-learning.