Conducting of Web-Based Workshops for Final Year Medical Students Preparing to Enter the Workforce During the COVID-19 P
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Conducting of Web-Based Workshops for Final Year Medical Students Preparing to Enter the Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic Juliana Yin Li Kan 1 & Ling Zhu 1 & Nigel Jie Ming Fong 2 & Xucong Ruan 2 & Andrew Ming Liang Ong 3 & Guozhang Lee 1 & Shaikh Abdul Matin Mattar 1 & Natalie Liling Woong 1 & Mei Ling Kang 1 Accepted: 13 October 2020 # International Association of Medical Science Educators 2020
Abstract Medical students were temporarily removed from direct patient contact activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, shortening the duration of ward-based attachment programs. Web-based workshops were organized to equip final year medical students with necessary skills to start work in a general medicine setting. Topics included case-based scenarios reviewing patients with new complaints, medical documentation, and inter-professional communication. They were conducted using an online video conference platform and utilized polling platforms, small group discussions, and the “Chat” function to promote interactivity. Webbased learning enables delivery of useful contents without compromising interactivity and clinical applicability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Keywords web-based learning . medical student . medical education . COVID-19
Introduction Medical education builds upon the foundation of good clinical skills training. Traditionally, medical students acquire various clinical skills through their encounters with patients in hospital. Ward-based learning in an environment with real patients provides learners with not only a variety of case-mix but also the opportunity to develop skills needed for effective communication, safe prescribing, clear record keeping, professionalism, and teamwork. In 2020, the delivery of ward-based clinical education was greatly hampered by the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic has posed multiple challenges to medical education globally. To minimize the risk of exposure of medical students to COVID-19 and to avoid medical students being potential vectors for transmission, medical students were removed from
* Juliana Yin Li Kan [email protected] 1
Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
2
Ministry of Health Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore
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Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
direct patient contact activities in many institutions [1, 2]. Social distancing measures preclude students from attending traditional education settings such as lectures. The Duke-NUS Medical School is a graduate-entry medical school in Singapore. All final year medical students traditionally embark on an 8-week Student-in-Practice (SIP) program in preparation for starting work as a Post Graduate Year One (PGY1) doctor. It takes place after the Clinical Performance Examination at the end of year 4, prior to graduation. During this period, students are embedded into a medical team for 4 weeks, and a surgical team for 4 weeks. Students shadow junior doctors on the team as th
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