Medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic: problems and solutions

• Zalim Z. Balkizov
• Aleksandra Yu. Alekseeva

Abstract

Modern education, including medical education, faces nowadays unprecedented difficulties due to the growing morbidity of COVID-19. Such difficulties are associated in the first instance with distant learning, which most of the medical schools all over the world had moved to. As a result, educational organizations, especially faculty members in this unknown situation have no idea how to adapt to these circumstances, how to support learners respecting the curriculum, and how to help them prepare for the upcoming exams.

In this review, we tried to cover most issues arising with the movement to distant learning and e-learning, organization of assessment during pandemic situation providing tips, and advice on how to adapt quickly and smoothly.

Keywords:medical education, distant learning, e-learning, online learning, COVID-19

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