Abstract

FERNANDEZ, Romina  and  SIVORI, Martín. Experience of a Virtual Course of Pneumonology For Medical Students At The University of Buenos Aires During The COVID-19 Pandemic. Rev. am. med. respir. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.2, pp.143-149. ISSN 1852-236X.

Experience of a virtual course of pneumonology for Medical students at the University of Buenos Aires during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic not only affects people´s health: schools and universities around the world had to forcibly adapt to a distance education modality. Knowing that the epidemiological situation could continue for several months, the teachers of our Unit, in charge of teaching Pneumonology, had to anticipate and devise a contingency plan to ensure training continuity during 2020-21. The virtual courses took place in four weeks. The classes were given in mp4 format and virtual workshops. Once a week a virtual meeting was held to answer questions related to the content. The students had to be divided into groups to solve practical assignments and a final work with their defense at the end of the course. In addition, they conducted a survey to evaluate the course. The final exam was presential for the 2020 course and virtual for the 2021. All the students who took the exam approved. The experience was enriching, different and challeng ing. It allowed us to reflect and ask ourselves that the traditional way of teaching can and should be complemented with the resources that technology brings us. Although the total reopening of the University may seem uncertain, this is the opportunity to bet ter plan the way out of the crisis and promote internal reflection on the renewal of the teaching and learning model.

Keywords : COVID-19; Teaching; Pneumonology; University; Virtual learning.

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