Application of digital education in undergraduate nursing and medical interns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. This declaration had an unprecedented impact on health profession education, especially the clinical clerkship of nursing and medical students. The teaching hospitals had to suspend traditional bedside clinical teaching and switch to digital education.

Objective

To systematically synthesize the available literature on the application of digital education in undergraduate nursing and medical interns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

A systematic review informed by PRISMA guidelines.

Data sources

Five electronic databases were systematically searched: PubMed, Embase, MEDLINE (OVID), CIN

SUBMITTER: Hao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8545701 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature