Socially Distanced Teaching: Faculty Feedback on Teaching During Telemedicine.
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ABSTRACT: Background
The purpose of our study was to evaluate the perceptions of clinical faculty while working with medical students in a novel setting of virtual care following the COVID-19 pandemic.Activity
A survey of faculty, fellows, and residents was conducted to assess educators' perceptions of virtual teaching before trying it and after 3 months of experience.Results
Perceived effectiveness of teaching students acute care significantly improved as did perceived effectiveness of teaching chronic care.Discussion
We anticipate that continued experience and comfort with virtual platforms would boost this perception further, allowing faculty development to be honed for optimal teaching in this new paradigm.Supplementary information
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-022-01685-9.
SUBMITTER: Belakovskiy A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9673886 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov
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Socially Distanced Teaching: Faculty Feedback on Teaching During Telemedicine.
Belakovskiy Aleksandr A Jones Elizabeth K EK Murphy Christina Nisonger CN Kelley Scott S Gallagher Kristina K Furst Wendy W Furgal Allison A Heidelbaugh Joel J
Medical science educator 20221118 6
<h4>Background</h4>The purpose of our study was to evaluate the perceptions of clinical faculty while working with medical students in a novel setting of virtual care following the COVID-19 pandemic.<h4>Activity</h4>A survey of faculty, fellows, and residents was conducted to assess educators' perceptions of virtual teaching before trying it and after 3 months of experience.<h4>Results</h4>Perceived effectiveness of teaching students acute care significantly improved as did perceived effectivene ...[more]
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