1. Clinical skills online

Sean Atkinson

COVID19 has created a unique challenge to pre-clinical medical students for the learning of clinical skills. Clinical skills is a practical face-to-face subject that covers history-taking and communication skills, clinical examination, and basic clinical reasoning, and not one easily converted to an online platform.

This short presentation gives an overview of three examples of innovations made to help teach clinical skills online: learning clinical examination by video-based examination submission with tutor-lead video feedback, online clinical placements in a ‘virtual hospital’, and finally staying connected with students.

2. FCY CoVID-19 Adapted Clinical Skills

Renee Gallagher

This presentation is about how we delivered our Clinical Skills Program at MRH-Bendigo to the Monash 3rd Year and University of Melbourne MD2 students, amongst the turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It discusses how face-to-face skills sessions were moved to online learning with the use of Panopto and how planned hands-on practice was to be completed at a later date to allow for reduced numbers in classes.

This adapted delivery ensured for equitable learning for both Monash and University of Melbourne students regarding their clinical skills.

3. MED5103 COVID Impact

Gabrielle Jones

This presentation provides a reflection of the rapid changes that took place at MRH-Bendigo in the delivery of the MED5103 program when the COVID-19 global pandemic hit. The MED5103 Patient Safety and Preparedness for Practice subject is a year-long unit in the final year of the MD course at Monash University.

In this review I have included the considerations we made and rationale for why the structure of the program took the shape that it did. The final outcome and success of the delivery has been identified through student feedback and can be credited to a committed teaching and academic team.