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. 2020 May;27(3):137-142.
doi: 10.21315/mjms2020.27.3.14. Epub 2020 Jun 30.

Sustainable Medical Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Surviving the New Normal

Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff  1 , Siti Nurma Hanim Hadie  2 , Irfan Mohamad  3 , Nani Draman  4 , Ismail Muhd Al-Aarifin  1 , Wan Faiziah Wan Abdul Rahman  5 , Mohamad Najib Mat Pa  1 , Nor Azwany Yaacob  6
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Sustainable Medical Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Surviving the New Normal

Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff et al. Malays J Med Sci. 2020 May.

Abstract

During the first phase of the Movement Control Order, many medical lecturers had difficulty adapting to the online teaching and learning methods that were made compulsory by the institutional directives. Some of these lecturers are clinicians who need to juggle between clinical work and teaching, and consider a two-week adaptation during this period to be not enough. Furthermore, converting traditional face-to-face learning to online formats for undergraduate and postgraduate clinical programmes would reduce the learning outcomes, especially those related to clinical applications and the acquisition of new skills. This editorial discusses the impact that movement restrictions have had on medical teaching and learning, the alternatives and challenges and the way forward.

Keywords: COVID-19; distance education; learning; medical education; teaching.

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Figure 1
Chronological events during COVID-19 pandemic leading to the MCO and USM online teaching and learning initiatives
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Figure 2
USM online teaching and learning sessions conducted within its 2nd week (12 April–17 April 2020)
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