Open AccessHybrid-virtual simulations for Canadian medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Riley Reel,
Kevin I Gunther,
Samuel R Kirk,
Graham Landells,
Anne L. Theilmann,
Morgan Haines
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
canadian medical education journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1923-1202
DOI - 10.36834/cmej.71744
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , fidelity , statement (logic) , computer science , medical simulation , telemedicine , health professionals , medical education , health care , simulation , medicine , virology , telecommunications , disease , pathology , outbreak , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , economics , economic growth
Implication Statement:
Given the efficacy of simulations as a medical education tool, the inability to provide them during the COVID-19 pandemic may be detrimental to pre-clinical medical student learning. We developed hybrid simulations, where remote learner participants could direct an in-person assistant. This offered a learning opportunity that was more realistic than fully virtual simulations and abided by public health guidelines. Hybrid simulations provided an opportunity for medical students to practice real-time clinical decision making in a remote, high-fidelity, simulated environment. This approach could be adapted for rural healthcare students and professionals to participate in simulations without a local simulation centre.