Idle medical students review emerging COVID-19 research
Carl Boodman, Santina Lee, Jared Bullard
Abstract
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is causing wide-spread interruptions in medical education. With little warning, clinical rotations were cancelled and medical students were sent home. While pre-clinical students transitioned to online curricula, clinical students were left without discreet educational goals. Simultaneously, medical doctors were scrambling to maintain competence in the face of rapidly evolving COVID-19 information. Here, we describe an education program that integrates medical students into interdisciplinary teams to review emerging COVID-19 research that directly answers questions sent in by medical doctors.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Medical educationPandemicCurriculumCompetence (human resources)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMedical schoolMedicinePsychologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePedagogyPathologyOutbreakSocial psychologyBiomedical and Engineering EducationHealth and Medical Research ImpactsAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy