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The Use of Tele-Education in Medicine, During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Commentary
Sarwat Masud1, Taimur Aslam2, Jasvindar Kumar3
1Research Fellow and PhD candidate, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Insights
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of tele-education in medical training, offering benefits like cost-effectiveness and flexibility. However, challenges in supervision and communication require further research for optimal implementation of remote medical education.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Public Health
- Digital Health
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruption to traditional medical education.
- Lockdowns necessitated rapid shifts in educational delivery methods.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the emergence and impact of tele-education in medical training during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- To identify the perceived benefits and challenges of remote learning for medical students and trainees.
Main Methods:
- Review of tele-education modalities implemented during the pandemic, including virtual rotations, lectures, and conferences.
- Analysis of student and trainee feedback regarding the effectiveness and feasibility of tele-education.
Main Results:
- Tele-education, utilizing platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom, became a primary mode for medical education activities.
- Medical students and trainees reported positive experiences, citing enjoyment, cost-effectiveness, time savings, and unbiased assessments.
- Key challenges included issues with supervision, availability, affordability, communication, and environmental distractions.
Conclusions:
- Tele-education experienced significant growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, proving a viable alternative for medical training.
- Further research is essential to develop effective mentoring and supervision strategies within tele-educational models to address identified challenges.
Abstract:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a disease caused by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged initially as an isolated illness in December 2019 and later progressed to a global pandemic. Hard-hit areas were lockdown, massively disrupting medical education activities. Tele-education, previously used as a means of long-distance education emerged as a solution in the field of medical education. Tele-rotations for medical students, journal clubs and lectures via Microsoft teams, medical conferences via zoom, residency, and fellowship interviews online, all emerged during this pandemic. Some medical students and trainees found it enjoyable, cost-effective, time saving, feasible, unbiased, and preferred mode of education. Challenges related to supervision, availability, affordability, diminished communication, disturbance of streaming, or distractions due to environment. Tele-education has had a boom in the era of COVID-19. Research is needed further on effective mentoring and supervision of trainees via tele educational teaching models.
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