Accepted Type
Dedicated Poster
Code
P3 - 04
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Poster
Sub Type
Education Research
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Other
Presenter Other
Faculty
Affiliation
Title
The COVID Pivot in Family Medicine: a national survey of undergraduate family medicine clerkship directors
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
The COVID pandemic led to dramatic changes in undergraduate medical education. The aim of this poster is to describe the challenges faced, responses enacted and anticipated adaptations required in Canadian undergraduate family medicine as medical education evolves in response to the ongoing COVID crisis.
Methods
On line survey of Canadian Undergraduate and Clerkship directors in family medicine. The survey consisted of a mix of quantitative and qualitative questions.
Results
15 out of the 17 Canadian schools responded. While developing virtual curricula was initially challenging, many schools rapidly developed on line material, which is being shared across schools, building on the shared on-line LEARN-FM curriculum (https://sites.google.com/site/sharcfm/). The biggest challenge both in the initial return to clinical teaching and ongoing, is capacity for learners in family medicine. The transition to virtual care, requirements for social distancing in clinic and concerns for population safety in rural communities requires FM Clerkship directors to re-double their efforts to retain and recruit preceptors for undergraduate medical students. Personal and protective equipment was provided to students but at some schools community preceptors had to secure and apply for re-imbursement. All the schools who responded are providing PPE for community based learners. Concerns for capacity are compounded as a number of schools juggle double - or larger cohorts of clinical learners. A further concern is graduates competency as some FM clerkships are reduced in length.
Conclusion
Adapting to virtual visits requires ongoing creative solutions in family medicine to ensure medical student exposure to comprehensive and community based care
Keyword 1
Family Medicine
Keyword 2
Community preceptors
Keyword 3
COVID
Level of Training
Undergraduate
Abstract Themes
Curriculum
Curriculum
General
Additional Theme (First choice)
Undergraduate
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Authors
Presenter
Martina Kelly
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
