Clinical medical training during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia experience / Lee Bee Sun ... [et al.]

Lee, Bee Sun and Yan, Naing Soe and Din, Xin Jet and Ng, Teck Han and Cheong, Soon Keng (2022) Clinical medical training during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia experience / Lee Bee Sun ... [et al.]. Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences (JCHS), 7 (2). pp. 5-9. ISSN 0127-984X

Abstract

A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study on the association betweenNewborn’s Head Circumference at Birth and Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries among Primigravidae Introduction: Clinical training forms the fundamental element in medical training in all medical schools. Unfortunately, most traditional face-to-face clinical teaching activities had to come to a halt during the COVID-19 pandemic and be replaced with online teaching learning (OTL) sessions. This paper aims to share our experience of implementing OTL sessions for our UTAR medical clinical years students during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic and assess its outcome by collecting students’ feedback. Methods: This was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study conducted among MBBS clinical year students of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UTAR. The questionnaires survey feedback on OTL sessions, examinations conducted, and replacement classes. Results: A total of 113 medical students participated in the survey. The third to fifth year students’ response rate were 93.0%, 59.2% and 100.0% respectively. More than 50% of the students scored 3 (good) for the components asked. It was found that 17.2% of fourth year students and 11.4% of fifth year students were in the opinion that replacement classes were not necessary and scored it 1 (poor). On the conduct of clinical exam, 17.5% of third year students, 37.9% of fourth year students and 25.0% of fifth year students graded it 4 (excellent). More than 60% of students preferred the traditional physical classes. Conclusions: The modifications of teaching done in this academic year 2020/2021 and the feedbacks gathered from the students will serve as a reflection to the faculty for future planning.

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Item Type: Article
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Lee, Bee Sun
leebs@utar.edu.my
Yan, Naing Soe
UNSPECIFIED
Din, Xin Jet
UNSPECIFIED
Ng, Teck Han
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Cheong, Soon Keng
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Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Communicable diseases and public health
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine > Epidemics
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor > Sungai Buloh Campus > Faculty of Medicine
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences (JCHS)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences (JCHS)
ISSN: 0127-984X
Volume: 7
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 5-9
Keywords: Medical school, education, online teaching, COVID-19 pandemic
Date: September 2022
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/72472
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