COVID-19 and Health Professions Education: A 360° View of the Impact of a Global Health Emergency

• Main Authors: Adrian Rabe, Michael Sy, Wayne Yik Wai Cheung, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) 2020-07-01
• Series: MedEdPublish
• Subjects: Global Health; curriculum; health emergency; COVID-19; technology
• Online Access: https://www.mededpublish.org/Manuscripts/3166

COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown policies have far ranging effects on health professions education (HPEd), with an impact in all its aspects, including curricula, teaching methods, student selection processes, educational outcomes, HPEd research, and student, teacher, and school welfare. Adaptations to the pandemic and lockdown measures have leaned heavily on technology. The effects may have differences across various health professions particularly those with an emphasis on psychomotor skills. There may also be differences among populations of students, teachers and schools related to the availability, accessibility and cost of technology. The rapid, forced change in the paradigms of health professions education across the globe may persist as long as lockdown measures and threat of resurgence remains, even as COVID-19 still sweeps across different countries.