Simulations and Virtual Learning Supporting Clinical Education During the COVID 19 Pandemic [Letter]

Abstract

Shonnelly Novintan, Simran Mann, Yasmin Hazemi-Jebelli Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UKCorrespondence: Shonnelly Novintan Kensington, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College LondonSir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road London SW7 2AZ, UKTel [phone]Email [email protected] We read with great interest the article by Tabatabai regarding virtual learning supporting clinical education and examination during the COVID-19 pandemic.1 As final year medical students, we have experienced  months of remote teaching followed by online exams. It is interesting that we share same similar benefits of virtual learning in the UK. However, we believe that virtual platforms fail to meet the practical needs of students and could leave significant gaps in our clinical competency.    View the original paper by Tabatabai

Keywords

• clinical training
• covid-19
• challenges
• medical education
• virtual learning
• practical skills