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Challenges with medical education in Nigeria in the COVID-19 era

On March 20(th) 2020 the Federal Government of Nigeria ordered the closure of all educational institutions, this was inclusive of all medical schools in the country. During the initial phases of this closure, most institutions were at a loss on how to proceed with learning as universities in Nigeria...

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Autores principales: Oladipo, Aishat Temitope, Fashola, Oluwayemisi Tolulope, Agboola, Eniola Ifedolapo, Adisa, Omolola Olayeni, Oyekanmi, Oluwatobiloba Dorcas, Akinsete, Adeseye Micheal
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7821800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33520062
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.223.26418
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author Oladipo, Aishat Temitope
Fashola, Oluwayemisi Tolulope
Agboola, Eniola Ifedolapo
Adisa, Omolola Olayeni
Oyekanmi, Oluwatobiloba Dorcas
Akinsete, Adeseye Micheal
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Fashola, Oluwayemisi Tolulope
Agboola, Eniola Ifedolapo
Adisa, Omolola Olayeni
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Akinsete, Adeseye Micheal
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description On March 20(th) 2020 the Federal Government of Nigeria ordered the closure of all educational institutions, this was inclusive of all medical schools in the country. During the initial phases of this closure, most institutions were at a loss on how to proceed with learning as universities in Nigeria use mainly the didactic lecturing model. As the lockdown progressed it became imperative to the institutions to set up e-learning media for continued instruction of students. It was found that in the institutions with e-learning facilities, the preclinical years remained mostly unaffected by the closure of medical schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while all institutions came to a standstill as regards providing a suitable alternative for clinical exposure. This therein has caused loss of valuable time and a change in the calendar of the school year, making it uncertain as to when the next set of qualified medical professionals will emerge in Nigeria. In this essay, we take a look at medical education in Nigeria, its challenges and progression in the COVID-19 era. We also take a look at the effect of the pandemic on learning and the subsequent interventions introduced to mitigate it.
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spelling pubmed-78218002021-01-29 Challenges with medical education in Nigeria in the COVID-19 era Oladipo, Aishat Temitope Fashola, Oluwayemisi Tolulope Agboola, Eniola Ifedolapo Adisa, Omolola Olayeni Oyekanmi, Oluwatobiloba Dorcas Akinsete, Adeseye Micheal Pan Afr Med J Essay On March 20(th) 2020 the Federal Government of Nigeria ordered the closure of all educational institutions, this was inclusive of all medical schools in the country. During the initial phases of this closure, most institutions were at a loss on how to proceed with learning as universities in Nigeria use mainly the didactic lecturing model. As the lockdown progressed it became imperative to the institutions to set up e-learning media for continued instruction of students. It was found that in the institutions with e-learning facilities, the preclinical years remained mostly unaffected by the closure of medical schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while all institutions came to a standstill as regards providing a suitable alternative for clinical exposure. This therein has caused loss of valuable time and a change in the calendar of the school year, making it uncertain as to when the next set of qualified medical professionals will emerge in Nigeria. In this essay, we take a look at medical education in Nigeria, its challenges and progression in the COVID-19 era. We also take a look at the effect of the pandemic on learning and the subsequent interventions introduced to mitigate it. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7821800/ /pubmed/33520062 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.223.26418 Text en Copyright: Aishat Temitope Oladipo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Akinsete, Adeseye Micheal
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