Perspectives on virtual ophthalmology education among Canadian medical students

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
² Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, N.F.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.. Electronic address: drsharma@insidermedicine.com.

Bonnie He et al. Can J Ophthalmol. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;56(3):208-209.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2020.09.021. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
² Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, N.F.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.. Electronic address: drsharma@insidermedicine.com.

Abstract

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Similarly structured virtual learning programs may address critical gaps in undergraduate medical education of ophthalmology.
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Medical students prefer interactive virtual modalities over traditional didactic methods for learning ophthalmology.
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Social isolation in learners and inequities in access to medical education can be mitigated with open-access virtual learning.

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