Isaac Ks Ng, Valencia R Y Zhang, Fan Shuen Tseng, Desiree S H Tay, Shuh Shing Lee, Tang Ching Lau
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted medical education, particularly affecting clinical-year students. Educational institutions often had to halt, shorten or impose significant restrictions on their hospital rotations due to strict infection control and social-distancing guidelines implemented in tertiary healthcare institutions, as well as manpower and logistical constraints amid the pandemic. Thus, distance-based learning platforms such as online lectures and case-based teaching were increasingly adopted in place of bedside and face-to-face tutorials...
August 2021: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore