Developing a blended learning for clinical psychiatry education in Externship and Internship during the covid-19 pandemic.
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To change the undergraduate curriculum from face to face to online education.
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Externs’ clinical score got better with blended learning and their satisfaction was higher too.
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Interns got worse in clinical and theoretical score and their satisfaction were lower than before covid-19 pandemics.
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Overall satisfaction in Externs and Interns (85.1% and 82.1%) were high than reported in other studies.
Abstract
Objective
This study aims to report a redesigned psychiatric training program in the internship and the externship courses at Tehran University of medical sciences, in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods
It is a retrospective cohort study which 531 externs and 381 interns enrolled. The students’ satisfaction and their exam scores were assessed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results
Blended learning was used for clinical education which theoretical, case-based discussions; and assessments were provided online. Externs’ clinical scores and satisfaction were significantly higher while interns’ scores got worse.
Conclusion
E-learning can be effective, applicable and acceptable in clinical education.