How COVID-19 kick-started online learning in medical education-The DigiMed study.
Fabian StoehrLukas MüllerAdrian P BradyAntoni TrillaAline Mähringer-KunzFelix HahnChristoph DüberNicole BeckerMarcus-Alexander WörnsJulius ChapiroJan Bernd HinrichsDeniz AkataStephan EllmannMerel HuismanDavid KoffSebastian BrinkmannFabian BambergOscar ZimmermannNikoleta I TraikovaJens U MarquardtD-H ChangFabian RengierTimo A AuerTilman EmrichFelix MuehlerHeinz SchmidbergerBettina BaeßlerDaniel Pinto Dos SantosRoman KlöcknerPublished in: PloS one (2021)
This study demonstrates the positive attitude of medical students towards online learning. Furthermore, it reveals a considerable discrepancy between what students demand and what the curriculum offers. Thus, the COVID-19 pandemic might be the long-awaited catalyst for a new "online era" in medical education.