einstein (São Paulo). 01/Jun/2022;20:eCE6988.

Learning and teaching ophthalmology in the pandemic

Thiago Gonçalves dos Santos Martins ORCID logo , Gabriel Lima Benchimol ORCID logo , Gustavo Rosa Gameiro ORCID logo , Paulo Schor ORCID logo

DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2022CE6988

Dear Editor,

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a major impact on medical education, which had to be redesigned to use new platforms and teaching resources to complement the traditional in-person modality.() Ophthalmology was one of the specialties with more residents infected by coronavirus in New York City. This was due to the proximity between the physician and patient during the ophthalmologic examination.() Therefore, teaching of ophthalmology had to be adjusted for undergraduate medical students.

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Learning and teaching ophthalmology in the pandemic