Open AccessThe Impediment in Acquiring Clinical Skills by Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Avilasha Singh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.5559
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , medical education , medical school , online learning , virology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak , world wide web , computer science
With the country being in lockdown for almost seven months now, all the academic studies from school to college have been shifted online. While online learning has been going on fine with some adjustments and compromises, clinical education for medical undergraduates has been seriously affected. Without the proper student-patient interaction and hands-on-experiences, acquiring clinical skills by the students has been difficult.