Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing online teaching on pre-clinical medical education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major disruptions and changes in education have occurred worldwide as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the ensuing shift from in-person to online education. However, the effect of such changes on medical education, its magnitude, and the learning domains impacted by such rapid changes have not been adequately addressed, particularly with regard to objective assessment approaches.

Methods

Second-year medical students enrolled in our Medical English Course between 2019 and 2021 were recruited from Hokkaido University, Japan (N = 321) to participate in this study. We evaluated the potential impact of teaching styles on the academic performance of students before (2019; face-to-face) and during (2020; online; 2021; in-person and online) the

SUBMITTER: Goudarzi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10792807 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature