Limitations in virtual clinical skills education for medical students during COVID-19

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Limitations in virtual clinical skills education for medical students during COVID-19 Les limites de l'enseignement virtuel de compétences cliniques aux étudiants en médecine dans le contexte de la COVID-19

Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Resilience of Medical Students Worldwide during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…The impetus of breaking down complex clinical protocols in a systematic manner lay on the educator during virtual learning, and the students had the opportunity to revisit these pre-recorded and live lectures; however, it was a technique that could only supplement in-person training [13]. In other outbreaks, such as SARS, techniques were used to replace in-person clinical rotations with mannequin-based training and digital games.…”

“…The application of wearable gadgets to provide a first-person view of clinical examinations was also explored, which was previously confined to ethnography alone. This was studied in Britain with a physician wearing a point-of-view (POV) camera and carrying out ward-handover and wardround entry duties [13]. The integration of virtual teaching methods has long been investigated and promoted as being vital to continuing medical education [14].…”

“…England has supplemented its healthcare system and medical education with virtual reality ever since 2019 [15,16]. These feats remained exciting in themselves but failed to match the essence of in-person training [13]. In some cases, virtual-based medical education has been preferred over real-life clinical practice [15,16].…”

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“…In “Limitations in virtual clinical skills education for medical students during COVID-19” by Leung et al, 25 the authors discussed some of the current options for distance education in the midst of the pandemic. They found while there are advantages to some of the online options, a need still exists for more research on its effectiveness.…”

Wearable technology and live video conferencing: The development of an affordable virtual teaching platform to enhance clinical skills education during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…1,2 However, few studies have evaluated the use of point-of-view filming with wearable devices for medical education. 3 Combined with live video conferencing (VC), these technologies can simulate the interactive learning of an in-person classroom while allowing students to maintain physical distancing requirements. 1 Tutor use of wearable livestreaming devices can allow students to regain many of the benefits of the regular clinical skills curriculum.…”