COVID-19: Medical education from the point of view of medical students using the participatory Delphi method.
Andrea Gabriela Ortiz RiofrioEmilia José Valdivieso-AndradeNathaly Monserrath Acosta MasaquizaAlex S AguirreNicolás Alexander Almeida VillavicencioCynthia Samantha Calderón PillaPrisca Del Pozo AcostaAuki Guaillas JapónDarwin Vicente Luna ChonataNavila Bianca Mafla RocaAlissa Solange Mendoza GarcíaLenin Andrés Muñoz CaicedoGustavo Alexander Muñoz SalazarKimberly Mishell Pacheco ReinosoCamila Nicole Pazmiño ChávezNuria Karina Proaño LozadaJonathan Rzonzew SauerGianny Alexander Saldaña ArmasIvonne Estefania Salinas AvaloAna Cristina Saltos GranizoBonny Francisca Soria SarabiaDoménica Alejandra Suárez MoralesRodrigo Felipe Sulca CaillaguaMaría Antonia Zavala CárdenasFlavio Carrera VerdesotoDiego F Cisneros-HerediaPablo Estrella PorterJonathan Raymond GuillemotPublished in: PloS one (2024)
Consensuses were reached based on students' academic year and focused on the changes in lecture delivery, the usage of new technologies, patient care skills, the impact of the educational routine, and the mental health of the COVID-19 pandemic. The way the pandemic affected medical education in the Global South set the stage for the need for a comprehensive review of tools, skills, and curricula for students from culturally diverse backgrounds. This study offers a highly replicable methodology to generate consensuses and introduce students to academic research.