The COVID-19 pandemic: the benefits and challenges it presents for medical education in Africa

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted many facets of everyday daily life, resulting in far-reaching consequences on social interaction, regional and global economies, and healthcare delivery systems. Numerous reports have commented on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical educatio...

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Autores principales: Adefuye, Anthonio Oladele, Adeola, Henry Ademola, Busari, Jamiu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021
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Perspectives
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34795823
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.40.42.28489
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description The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted many facets of everyday daily life, resulting in far-reaching consequences on social interaction, regional and global economies, and healthcare delivery systems. Numerous reports have commented on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical education in various world regions. However, we know little about the influence of the pandemic on medical education in Africa. Here, we discuss the potential impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education in sub-Saharan Africa, illustrating some of the unexpected benefits and challenges the pandemic presents for medical education in sub-Saharan Africa.
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spelling pubmed-85719172021-11-17 The COVID-19 pandemic: the benefits and challenges it presents for medical education in Africa Adefuye, Anthonio Oladele Adeola, Henry Ademola Busari, Jamiu Pan Afr Med J Perspectives The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted many facets of everyday daily life, resulting in far-reaching consequences on social interaction, regional and global economies, and healthcare delivery systems. Numerous reports have commented on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical education in various world regions. However, we know little about the influence of the pandemic on medical education in Africa. Here, we discuss the potential impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education in sub-Saharan Africa, illustrating some of the unexpected benefits and challenges the pandemic presents for medical education in sub-Saharan Africa. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8571917/ /pubmed/34795823 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.40.42.28489 Text en Copyright: Anthonio Oladele Adefuye 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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