Virtual teaching experiences for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and disadvantages

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spelling 8416 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=8416 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection407072 Restricted Document Conference Conference Paper application/pdf 26 Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 20 Paper Capture Plug-in 1.7 Microsoft® Word 2016 2020-09-20 02:58:13 1809-01-FH03-FP-20-42690.pdf UniSZA Private Access Virtual teaching experiences for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and disadvantages The best books for medical students are their patients in the bedside. However COVID-19 pandemic already changed the educational landscape from traditional methods to the virtual classroom. Movement control order (MCO) have made teaching and learning in the hospital, clinical skills laboratory and tutorial suspended. So at Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, novel virtual teaching methods such as webinars and Moodle learning management system (LMS) were used to replace traditional medical teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. We organized webinars on relevant topics. These were viewed via Webex and included medical topics and clinical scenario discussions. Medical webinars were recorded and uploaded to Telegram group. Notes and clinical scenario discussions were uploaded in Moodle LMS, Knowledge and E-learning Integrated Platform (KeLIP) UniSZA. 32 webinars were organized by Anaesthesiology Unit with 448 attendees total. 12 webinars were uploaded to Telegram group, 12 lecture notes and 28 clinical scenario discussions were uploaded to KeLIP, a Moodle LMS. We received great feedback for all webinars and Moodle LMS. Virtual teaching is useful for teaching theory; attendees can watch anywhere, easily recorded for later viewing, no room bookings and no need for social distancing However the main disadvantage of note for airway and anaesthetics skill is inability to obtain hands-on practice. We feel virtual teaching provides continuing teaching and learning during pandemic crisis. 15 14th International Malaysian Educational Technology Convention (IMETC) 2020
spellingShingle Virtual teaching experiences for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and disadvantages
summary The best books for medical students are their patients in the bedside. However COVID-19 pandemic already changed the educational landscape from traditional methods to the virtual classroom. Movement control order (MCO) have made teaching and learning in the hospital, clinical skills laboratory and tutorial suspended. So at Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, novel virtual teaching methods such as webinars and Moodle learning management system (LMS) were used to replace traditional medical teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. We organized webinars on relevant topics. These were viewed via Webex and included medical topics and clinical scenario discussions. Medical webinars were recorded and uploaded to Telegram group. Notes and clinical scenario discussions were uploaded in Moodle LMS, Knowledge and E-learning Integrated Platform (KeLIP) UniSZA. 32 webinars were organized by Anaesthesiology Unit with 448 attendees total. 12 webinars were uploaded to Telegram group, 12 lecture notes and 28 clinical scenario discussions were uploaded to KeLIP, a Moodle LMS. We received great feedback for all webinars and Moodle LMS. Virtual teaching is useful for teaching theory; attendees can watch anywhere, easily recorded for later viewing, no room bookings and no need for social distancing However the main disadvantage of note for airway and anaesthetics skill is inability to obtain hands-on practice. We feel virtual teaching provides continuing teaching and learning during pandemic crisis.
title Virtual teaching experiences for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and disadvantages
title_full Virtual teaching experiences for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and disadvantages
title_fullStr Virtual teaching experiences for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and disadvantages
title_full_unstemmed Virtual teaching experiences for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and disadvantages
title_short Virtual teaching experiences for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and disadvantages
title_sort virtual teaching experiences for medical students during the covid-19 pandemic: advantages and disadvantages