Paul Nadine, Kohara Sae, Khera Gursharan Kaur, Gunawardena Ramith
King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
JMIR Med Educ. 2020 Nov 18;6(2):e22926. doi: 10.2196/22926.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced medical schools and clinicians to transition swiftly to working online, where possible. During this time, final-year medical students at King's College London, England, have received some of their general practice teachings in the form of virtual tutor groups. The predominant feature of such groups is online patient simulations, which provide students a valuable experience to help gain insight into current clinical practice amid the pandemic and inform how their practices as incoming junior doctors would continue. Even in the absence of face-to-face teaching and clinical placements, students have been able to hone their medical knowledge and soft skills through these virtual, simulated consultations. They have been exposed to a new consultation style while in a safe and collaborative learning space. Here, we explore how medical students have benefited from these virtual tutor groups and how similar small-group online teaching opportunities can add value to the medical curriculum in the future.
新冠疫情迫使医学院校和临床医生尽可能迅速地转向线上工作。在此期间，英国伦敦国王学院的医学专业最后一年学生以虚拟导师小组的形式接受了一些全科医学教学。这类小组的主要特点是在线患者模拟，这为学生提供了宝贵的体验，有助于他们深入了解疫情期间的当前临床实践，并为他们作为即将入职的初级医生如何继续开展工作提供参考。即使在没有面对面教学和临床实习的情况下，学生们也能够通过这些虚拟模拟会诊来磨练他们的医学知识和软技能。他们在一个安全且协作的学习空间中接触到了一种新的会诊方式。在此，我们探讨医学生如何从这些虚拟导师小组中受益，以及类似的小组在线教学机会未来如何能为医学课程增添价值。
