How have digital resources been utilised in times of COVID-19? Opinions of medical students based in the United Kingdom.

The COVID-19 outbreak halted medical education in its tracks, with medical students across all years finding their upcoming placements and in-person teaching cancelled in a bid to abide to social distancing regulations, for the safety of staff, students and patients alike. As United Kingdom (UK)-ba...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Edward Jun Shing Lau, Aiman Aslam, Zaki Arshad
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Canadian Medical Education Journal 2020
Materias:	Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/95beedc213004a32a8985489cdf427aa
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:95beedc213004a32a8985489cdf427aa
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:95beedc213004a32a8985489cdf427aa2021-12-01T22:38:30ZHow have digital resources been utilised in times of COVID-19? Opinions of medical students based in the United Kingdom.10.36834/cmej.705201923-1202https://doaj.org/article/95beedc213004a32a8985489cdf427aa2020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/70520https://doaj.org/toc/1923-1202 The COVID-19 outbreak halted medical education in its tracks, with medical students across all years finding their upcoming placements and in-person teaching cancelled in a bid to abide to social distancing regulations, for the safety of staff, students and patients alike. As United Kingdom (UK)-based medical students, we have witnessed our medical school’s attempts to preserve our education by turning to digital technology, allowing for remote teaching over the four months. This article describes some of the steps taken across the UK to uphold education during such uncertain times and provides an insight into UK medical students’ perspectives on the prolonged and increased reliance on learning via digital technology, highlighting perceived benefits and areas for improvement. In doing so, we hope to contribute to the discussion of how digital technology may best be used in medical education in the future. Edward Jun Shing LauAiman AslamZaki ArshadCanadian Medical Education JournalarticleEducation (General)L7-991Medicine (General)R5-920ENCanadian Medical Education Journal, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2020)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920 Edward Jun Shing Lau Aiman Aslam Zaki Arshad How have digital resources been utilised in times of COVID-19? Opinions of medical students based in the United Kingdom.
description	The COVID-19 outbreak halted medical education in its tracks, with medical students across all years finding their upcoming placements and in-person teaching cancelled in a bid to abide to social distancing regulations, for the safety of staff, students and patients alike. As United Kingdom (UK)-based medical students, we have witnessed our medical school’s attempts to preserve our education by turning to digital technology, allowing for remote teaching over the four months. This article describes some of the steps taken across the UK to uphold education during such uncertain times and provides an insight into UK medical students’ perspectives on the prolonged and increased reliance on learning via digital technology, highlighting perceived benefits and areas for improvement. In doing so, we hope to contribute to the discussion of how digital technology may best be used in medical education in the future.
format	article
author	Edward Jun Shing Lau Aiman Aslam Zaki Arshad
author_facet	Edward Jun Shing Lau Aiman Aslam Zaki Arshad
author_sort	Edward Jun Shing Lau
title	How have digital resources been utilised in times of COVID-19? Opinions of medical students based in the United Kingdom.
title_short	How have digital resources been utilised in times of COVID-19? Opinions of medical students based in the United Kingdom.
title_full	How have digital resources been utilised in times of COVID-19? Opinions of medical students based in the United Kingdom.
title_fullStr	How have digital resources been utilised in times of COVID-19? Opinions of medical students based in the United Kingdom.
title_full_unstemmed	How have digital resources been utilised in times of COVID-19? Opinions of medical students based in the United Kingdom.
title_sort	how have digital resources been utilised in times of covid-19? opinions of medical students based in the united kingdom.
publisher	Canadian Medical Education Journal
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/95beedc213004a32a8985489cdf427aa
work_keys_str_mv	AT edwardjunshinglau howhavedigitalresourcesbeenutilisedintimesofcovid19opinionsofmedicalstudentsbasedintheunitedkingdom AT aimanaslam howhavedigitalresourcesbeenutilisedintimesofcovid19opinionsofmedicalstudentsbasedintheunitedkingdom AT zakiarshad howhavedigitalresourcesbeenutilisedintimesofcovid19opinionsofmedicalstudentsbasedintheunitedkingdom
_version_	1718404115354091520

How have digital resources been utilised in times of COVID-19? Opinions of medical students based in the United Kingdom.

Ejemplares similares