Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: The perceptions of health professions educators

• DOI: 10.15694/mep.2020.000142.1
• Publication Date: 2020-07-07T12:31:19Z
• Authors: Richard Hays; Barbara Jennings; Trevor Gibbs; Julie Hunt; Kerrie McKay
• Keywords: Pandemic; Time line

<ns4:p>This article was migrated. The marked as recommended. What are health professions educators doing during the COVID-19 pandemic? A search of articles in MedEdPublish on topics revealed 39 published first 3 months pandemic. Topics included curriculum adaptation, guidelines for using technology, assessment impact students, faculty and career development, conference adaptation. There significant overlap among articles, particularly those discussing teaching, learning, practices. Common themes were innovation, remote delivery, flexibility face a pandemic, how to continue educate graduate competent professionals. All descriptive, none data describing efficacy, likely due short timeline since pandemic's inception. Additional study is necessary produce evidence teaching adaptations described. Some changes persist longer-term may outlast pandemic itself.</ns4:p>