The impact of pandemic disruptions on clinical skills learning for pre-clinical medical students: implications for future educational designs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pandemic disruptions to medical education worldwide resulted in rapid adaptations to clinical skills learning. These adaptations included moving most teaching to the online environment, decreasing the accepted "hands-on" methods of teaching and learning. While studies have shown significant impacts on student confidence in skills acquisition, there is a paucity of assessment outcome studies which would contribute a valuable perspective on whether measurable deficits were incurred. Here, a preclinical (Year 2) cohort was investigated for clinical skills learning impacts that could influence their transition to hospital-based placements.

Methods

A sequential mixed methods approach was used on the Year 2 Medicine cohort, including: focus group discussions with themat

SUBMITTER: Saad S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10202529 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature