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Telehealth Care And Its Role In Undergraduate Medical Education In The Covid-19 Era., Peter J. Gonzalez, Dustin J. Paul
Telehealth Care And Its Role In Undergraduate Medical Education In The Covid-19 Era., Peter J. Gonzalez, Dustin J. Paul
MEDI 9331 Scholarly Activities Clinical Years
Background
On March 17, 2020, the American Association of Medical Colleges issued a statement which “strongly supports medical schools pausing all student clinical rotations, effective immediately, until at least March 31.” The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine immediately withdrew third- and fourth-year students from clinical rotation sites, and developed alternative, online-based clerkship curricula to complete for the remainder of the academic year. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many challenges to Undergraduate Medical Education, and has deprived upper-level students of foundational, in-person, clinical experiences. The UTRGV School of Medicine Department of Neurology is among the first …