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Response and Lessons Learnt Managing the COVID-19 Crisis by School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background: Healthcare professionals are playing an important role in the recent COVID-19 outbreak. It is crucial that the health systems maintain their ability to train students and residents during this time. However, there is a pau...

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Autores principales: Samarasekera, Dujeepa D., Goh, Denise Li Meng, Yeo, Su Ping, Ngiam, Nicola Siew Pei, Aw, Marion M., Lim, Mei Mei, Pillai, Suresh, Lee, Shuh Shing, Mahadevan, Malcolm, Kow, Alfred, Chong, Yap Seng, Lau, Tang Ching
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10697446/
http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000092.1
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author Samarasekera, Dujeepa D.
Goh, Denise Li Meng
Yeo, Su Ping
Ngiam, Nicola Siew Pei
Aw, Marion M.
Lim, Mei Mei
Pillai, Suresh
Lee, Shuh Shing
Mahadevan, Malcolm
Kow, Alfred
Chong, Yap Seng
Lau, Tang Ching
author_facet Samarasekera, Dujeepa D.
Goh, Denise Li Meng
Yeo, Su Ping
Ngiam, Nicola Siew Pei
Aw, Marion M.
Lim, Mei Mei
Pillai, Suresh
Lee, Shuh Shing
Mahadevan, Malcolm
Kow, Alfred
Chong, Yap Seng
Lau, Tang Ching
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description This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background: Healthcare professionals are playing an important role in the recent COVID-19 outbreak. It is crucial that the health systems maintain their ability to train students and residents during this time. However, there is a paucity of literature on the measures taken by higher education institutions to ensure academic continuity. The aim of this article is to share the systematic measures that were taken during the COVID-19 pandemic by Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Methods: We discussed our multi-faceted approach to protect students, staff and patients/ standardized patients during the COVID-19 outbreak that occurred during a pivotal time in the school’s academic calendar. Results: Our approach to ensuring academic continuity and quality were based on best practices in the following areas: 1) A coordinated leadership and management process 2) Prioritising safety for all stakeholders 3) Dissemination of information amongst the stakeholders in a transparent and efficient way, and 4) Maintaining the rigour and quality of training. Conclusion: The initiatives were implemented as we leveraged on the available infrastructure and the collective team efforts of all involved. Further research will be done to evaluate the usefulness of these measures. We hope that this article would be a useful reference for other schools as they evaluate their pandemic preparedness in the event that the COVID-19 outbreak affects their country or similar crisis event in the future.
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spelling pubmed-106974462023-12-06 Response and Lessons Learnt Managing the COVID-19 Crisis by School of Medicine, National University of Singapore Samarasekera, Dujeepa D. Goh, Denise Li Meng Yeo, Su Ping Ngiam, Nicola Siew Pei Aw, Marion M. Lim, Mei Mei Pillai, Suresh Lee, Shuh Shing Mahadevan, Malcolm Kow, Alfred Chong, Yap Seng Lau, Tang Ching MedEdPublish (2016) Practical Tips This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background: Healthcare professionals are playing an important role in the recent COVID-19 outbreak. It is crucial that the health systems maintain their ability to train students and residents during this time. However, there is a paucity of literature on the measures taken by higher education institutions to ensure academic continuity. The aim of this article is to share the systematic measures that were taken during the COVID-19 pandemic by Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Methods: We discussed our multi-faceted approach to protect students, staff and patients/ standardized patients during the COVID-19 outbreak that occurred during a pivotal time in the school’s academic calendar. Results: Our approach to ensuring academic continuity and quality were based on best practices in the following areas: 1) A coordinated leadership and management process 2) Prioritising safety for all stakeholders 3) Dissemination of information amongst the stakeholders in a transparent and efficient way, and 4) Maintaining the rigour and quality of training. Conclusion: The initiatives were implemented as we leveraged on the available infrastructure and the collective team efforts of all involved. Further research will be done to evaluate the usefulness of these measures. We hope that this article would be a useful reference for other schools as they evaluate their pandemic preparedness in the event that the COVID-19 outbreak affects their country or similar crisis event in the future. F1000 Research Limited 2020-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10697446/ http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000092.1 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Samarasekera DD et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Samarasekera, Dujeepa D.
Goh, Denise Li Meng
Yeo, Su Ping
Ngiam, Nicola Siew Pei
Aw, Marion M.
Lim, Mei Mei
Pillai, Suresh
Lee, Shuh Shing
Mahadevan, Malcolm
Kow, Alfred
Chong, Yap Seng
Lau, Tang Ching
Response and Lessons Learnt Managing the COVID-19 Crisis by School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
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title_full_unstemmed Response and Lessons Learnt Managing the COVID-19 Crisis by School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
title_short Response and Lessons Learnt Managing the COVID-19 Crisis by School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
title_sort response and lessons learnt managing the covid-19 crisis by school of medicine, national university of singapore
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10697446/
http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000092.1
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