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. 2020 Mar 26:9:49.
doi: 10.15694/mep.2020.000049.1. eCollection 2020.

A vision of the use of technology in medical education after the COVID-19 pandemic

Poh-Sun Goh  1 , John Sandars  2
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A vision of the use of technology in medical education after the COVID-19 pandemic

Poh-Sun Goh et al. MedEdPublish (2016). .

Abstract

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Medical education across the world has experienced a major disruptive change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and technology has been rapidly and innovatively used to maintain teaching and learning. The future of medical education is uncertain after the pandemic resolves but several potential future scenarios are discussed to inform current decision-making about the future provision of teaching and learning. The use of emergent technology for education, such as artificial intelligence for adaptive learning and virtual reality, are highly likely to be essential components of the transformative change and the future of medical education. The benefits and challenges of the use of technology in medical education are discussed with the intention of informing all providers on how the changes after the pandemic can have a positive impact on both educators and students across the world.

Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; medical education; technology; transformative change.

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