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- Title
Adapting undergraduate paediatric medical education to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: perspective of NUS Medicine.
- Authors
Tang Ching Lau; Yap Seng Chong; Kai Guo Loo, Benny; Ganapathy, Sashikumar; Meng Dao Ho, Jeremy; Shuh Shing Lee; Yeo, Jillian; Samarasekera, Dujeepa D.; Li Meng Goh, Denise
- Abstract
COVID-19 significantly impacted the teaching-learning-assessment activities in many medical schools. In this article, we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, focusing on paediatric training and the adaptations of the system and the people. The school developed strategies to promptly disseminate information and safety measures to protect all its staff and students. By leveraging on the school's infrastructure for technology-enabled learning, good-quality medical training and reliable assessments were able to be carried out swiftly. The paediatric curriculum was crafted based on these principles, and it provided distance-based learning with live and interactive sessions to teach core clinical skills. The faculty also tapped on standardised patients to provide consistent and life-like scenarios. Measures were implemented to minimise challenges with technology-enabled learning. Collectively, efforts from the staff, support from the leadership and students' adaptations tremendously helped to ease the transition.
- Subjects
NATIONAL University of Singapore; MEDICAL education; COVID-19 pandemic; PEDIATRICS; CLINICAL competence; MEDICAL schools; MEDICAL humanities
- Publication
Singapore Medical Journal, 2021, Vol 62, pS39
- ISSN
0037-5675
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11622/smedj.2021075