Student-led curricular approaches in medical education: the educational effects of a virtual fundamentals of COVID-19 course.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the field of education was adapting to virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, a need quickly emerged for a course to prepare medical students for future clinical practice. This call to action was answered by creating an innovative Fundamentals of COVID-19 course at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). As a group of medical student leaders at IUSM, we developed this online course in order to support our fellow students and the community.

Methods

The study examined the educational effects of completing the Fundamentals of COVID-19 course. In order to examine these effects, the study asked enrolled students to complete both a pre- and post-course self-assessment survey. Students were asked an identical set of questions on each survey about the

SUBMITTER: Chiu MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8902280 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature