Flattening the curve of COVID-19 for medical education in psychiatry and addiction medicine.

CONCLUSION: The rapidity of COVID-19 public health measures instituted in Australia required swift action for medical education to address lockdowns of student clinical placements. The responses included a transition to interim online learning followed by a return to truncated clinical placements renegotiated to conform to public health measures. Adjustment of formative and summative assessment has been necessary. However, further contingencies may emerge depending upon the overall progress of the COVID-19 pandemic.
PMID: 32772702 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - August 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Looi JC, Bonner D, Maguire P, Finlay A, Keightley P, Parige R, Tedeschi M, Reay R, Davis SL Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research