Amidst the COVID19 pandemic: The best online learning and teaching practices in Internal Medicine Clerkship program of Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University Santo Tomas, Philippines
10.35460/2546-1621.2020-0022
- Author:
Melvin Remulla MARCIAL
1
Author Information
1. Associate Professor, Medicine Clerkship Supervisor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
e-learning;
Online teaching
- MeSH:
COVID-19;
Education, Distance;
Education, Medical;
Practice Guidelines as Topic
- From:
Journal of Medicine University of Santo Tomas
2020;4(2):479-485
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
The best online teaching practices in the Internal
Medicine Clerkship Program during the COVID-19
pandemic in the oldest university in Southeast Asia
and oldest medical school in the Philippines was
presented. Time constraint was a big factor during
the unforeseen lockdown. There was a need to retool the faculty and provide institutional support to
maximize the utilization of the existing online learning platform for the graduating medical clerks. The
task to equip medical clerks with all the necessary
knowledge, skills and attitude of a basic physician
in such a short a time is colossal. So much so that
this pandemic paved the way to adopt the best online learning and teaching practices that is expected
to be a part of the blended learning even beyond
the lockdown. The future of this COVID-19 pandemic is still bleak as of the moment, but as such it would defi nitely strengthen the position of online
learning as an effective alternative or better still, a
replacement of the traditional learning method. The
COVID-19 pandemic has fostered acceptance of the
online mode as an auspicious choice for the teaching and learning method in the future.
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