Research Information System
Bezmialem Science, vol.8, no.8, pp.438-443, 2020 (ESCI)
ABSTRACT ÖZ
There is no standard practice for the sustainability of medical
education in epidemics such as Covid-19 and disasters affecting
society. Synchronous or asynchronous trainings have been carried
out in some of universities and colleges that have distance education
technical infrastructure, during the Covid-19 pandemic. If every
student has access to information technologies and the skills of the
instructors who will prepare and deliver the training increase their
ability to use information technologies, there is no problem in the
implementation and maintenance of theoretical lessons. During
the Covid-19 pandemic, we had to go to distance education,
which we had not yet implemented at Bezmialem Vakıf University
Faculty of Medicine. During this period, we applied asynchronous
and synchronous education models (mixed model) for theoretical
lessons. However, the fact that practical and internship applications
were carried out by distance education - although videos about
skills and practices were shot and uploaded to the system - it was
not possible to replace the formal education. Distance education is
inevitable for the continuity of education in epidemic and disaster
situations. However, after the epidemic and disaster situations have
passed, practical and internship practices should be carried out
as much as possible in addition to distance education in medical
education. In normal times, distance education can only be used
to support formal education in medical education. As a result
of all these evaluations and experiences we gained in the Covid
19 pandemic, we think that synchronous/synchronous distance
education applications will improve over time and contribute to
medical education.
Keywords: Distance education, epidemic, pandemic, disaster
Covid-19 gibi salgın hastalık durumlarında ve toplumu etkileyen
afetlerde tıp eğitiminin sürdürülebilirliğine yönelik standart bir
uygulama bulunmamaktadır.