Rapid evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic calls for a unified public health response

He, Na

doi:10.5582/bst.2021.01261

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“…Much less is known about abrupt shifts to online education imposed by crises, and thus the transition period is a blind spot in understanding student response to dramatic course and curriculum re‐structure. As the situation around Covid‐19 and its slew of variants (He, 2021) continues to evolve globally, and as many universities worldwide consider re‐opening their doors fully in the near future, understanding the effects of such changes is particularly pertinent.…”

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Perceptions, satisfactions, and performance of undergraduate students during Covid‐19 emergency remote teaching

Wilhelm

Mattingly

González

2022

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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Due to the Covid‐19 pandemic, the education system worldwide faced sudden and unforeseen challenges. Many academic institutions closed their doors, forcing both educators and students to transition to Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) for the remainder of the semester. This transition eliminated hands‐on experiences, increased workload, and altered curricula. However, these aspects, as well as students' perceptions, study habits, and performance in response to ERT remain poorly documented. This contribution describes changes in the curriculum of an undergraduate cadaver‐based laboratory, and explores students' performance, self‐perceived learning, and overall satisfaction during this educational crisis. Online content delivery for this course included both asynchronous instruction and synchronous discussion sessions. While formative assessments remained the same, online spotter examinations included short answer, multiple choice, multiple answer, ordering, and true and false questions. Despite examination grades improving 20% during ERT, students reported lower levels of learning, confidence, and engagement with the course materials when compared to the face‐to‐face portion of the class. The most prevalent challenges identified by students were those related to the loss of access to cadaver‐based learning, including difficulty identifying and visualizing structures in three dimensions, and the loss of context and sensorial cues. Flexibility in taking examinations and learning the material at their own pace were recognized as positive outcomes of the ERT transition. While the resulting student perceptions and performances are unsurprising, they offer insight into the challenges of fostering a productive learning environment in a future threatened by epidemic outbreak and economic uncertainty.

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Perceptions, satisfactions, and performance of undergraduate students during Covid‐19 emergency remote teaching

Wilhelm

Mattingly

González

2022

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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“…During mixed infections, coronaviruses can fuse with each other, with genetic recombination acting as a crucial pathway for their evolutionary adaptation. Through recombination, coronaviruses can accumulate multiple mutations in a single event, potentially increasing viral transmissibility and immune evasion [ [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] ].…”

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Exploring immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 variants using a pseudotyped system

Duan,

Zhang,

Ren

et al. 2024

Heliyon

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“…The world has witnessed a swift growth of SARS-CoV-2 mutations and emerging variants of concern (VOC) and variants of interest (VOI) [ 55 ]. The Alpha (B.1.1.7) and Delta (B.1.617.2) SARS-CoV-2 variants have been dominating with alarming transmissible rates, more aggressive symptoms, and carrying a much higher risk of hospital admissions.…”

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Next‐Generation Vaccines: Nanovaccines in the Fight against SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus and beyond SARS‐CoV‐2

Mufamadi

Ngoepe

Nobela³

et al. 2023

BioMed Research International

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The virus responsible for the coronavirus viral pandemic is the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants caused by distinctive mutations within the viral spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 are considered the cause for the rapid spread of the disease and make it challenging to treat SARS-CoV-2. The manufacturing of appropriate efficient vaccines and therapeutics is the only option to combat this pandemic. Nanomedicine has enabled the delivery of nucleic acids and protein-based vaccines to antigen-presenting cells to produce protective immunity against the coronavirus. Nucleic acid-based vaccines, particularly mRNA nanotechnology vaccines, are the best prevention option against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic worldwide, and they are effective against the novel coronavirus and its multiple variants. This review will report on progress made thus far with SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and beyond employing nanotechnology-based nucleic acid vaccine approaches.

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Rapid evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic calls for a unified public health response

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Perceptions, satisfactions, and performance of undergraduate students during Covid‐19 emergency remote teaching

Perceptions, satisfactions, and performance of undergraduate students during Covid‐19 emergency remote teaching

Exploring immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 variants using a pseudotyped system

Next‐Generation Vaccines: Nanovaccines in the Fight against SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus and beyond SARS‐CoV‐2

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