Educational adaptation to clinical training during the COVID-19 pandemic: a process analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in terms of the extent and rapidity of the disruption forced upon formal clinical education, most notably the extensive transition of clinical skills learning to interactive video-based clinical education.

Methods

In a phenomenologic study, we used thematic analysis to explore the COVID-19 disruption to clinical training and understand processes relating to adaptation in a large academic medical center. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 14 clinical teachers and 16 trainees representing all levels of clinical learning. Interviews occurred within the initial three months of the crisis, and data were analyzed following a thematic analysis coding process.

Results

We constructed eight themes synthesizing our part

SUBMITTER: Dzara K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8942055 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature