A virtual COVID-19 ophthalmology rotation

Sydney Wendt; Zainub Abdullah; Spencer Barrett; Cyrus Daruwalla; Jonathan A. Go; Brandon Le; Elijah Li; Chelsea Livingston; Matthew Miller; Lauren Nakhleh; Joseph Pecha; Shravya Pothula; Swetak Pradhan; Varsha Sathappan; Alay Shah; Alan Michael Sonuyi; Peter Ugoh; Qiancheng Wang; Nicole Weber; Tony Succar; Lauren Blieden; Peter Mortensen; Zachary Elkin; Grace Sun; Andrew G. Lee

doi:10.1016/j.survophthal.2020.10.001

A virtual COVID-19 ophthalmology rotation

Sydney Wendt, Zainub Abdullah, Spencer Barrett, Cyrus Daruwalla, Jonathan A. Go, Brandon Le, Elijah Li, Chelsea Livingston, Matthew Miller, Lauren Nakhleh, Joseph Pecha, Shravya Pothula, Swetak Pradhan, Varsha Sathappan, Alay Shah, Alan Michael Sonuyi, Peter Ugoh, Qiancheng Wang, Nicole Weber, Tony SuccarLauren Blieden, Peter Mortensen, Zachary Elkin, Grace Sun, Andrew G. Lee

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Abstract

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic temporarily suspended medical student involvement in clinical rotations, resulting in the need to develop virtual clinical experiences. The cancellation of clinical ophthalmology electives and away rotations reduces opportunities for exposure to the field, to network with faculty, conduct research, and prepare for residency applications. We review the literature and discuss the impact and consequences of COVID-19 on undergraduate medical education with an emphasis on ophthalmic undergraduate medical education. We also discuss innovative learning modalities used from medical schools around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic such as virtual didactics, online cases, and telehealth. Finally, we describe a novel, virtual neuro-ophthalmology elective created to educate medical students on neuro-ophthalmology foundational principles, provide research and presentation opportunities, and build relationships with faculty members. These innovative approaches represent a step forward in further improving medical education in ophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	354-361
Number of pages	8
Journal	Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume	66
Issue number	2
Early online date	Oct 12 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2020.10.001
State	Published - Oct 16 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
medical curricula
medical student education
undergraduate ophthalmology
virtual learning
Pandemics
Education, Medical, Undergraduate/methods
Humans
Students, Medical
Telemedicine/methods
COVID-19/epidemiology
Curriculum
Internship and Residency/methods
Ophthalmology/education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ophthalmology

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Wendt, S., Abdullah, Z., Barrett, S., Daruwalla, C., Go, J. A., Le, B., Li, E., Livingston, C., Miller, M., Nakhleh, L., Pecha, J., Pothula, S., Pradhan, S., Sathappan, V., Shah, A., Sonuyi, A. M., Ugoh, P., Wang, Q., Weber, N., ... Lee, A. G. (2020). A virtual COVID-19 ophthalmology rotation. Survey of Ophthalmology, 66(2), 354-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2020.10.001

Wendt, S, Abdullah, Z, Barrett, S, Daruwalla, C, Go, JA, Le, B, Li, E, Livingston, C, Miller, M, Nakhleh, L, Pecha, J, Pothula, S, Pradhan, S, Sathappan, V, Shah, A, Sonuyi, AM, Ugoh, P, Wang, Q, Weber, N, Succar, T, Blieden, L, Mortensen, P, Elkin, Z, Sun, G & Lee, AG 2020, 'A virtual COVID-19 ophthalmology rotation', Survey of Ophthalmology, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 354-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2020.10.001

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