Accepted Type
Dedicated Poster
Code
P3 - 07
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Poster
Sub Type
Education Innovation
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Other
Affiliation
Title
Creating a pre-clerkship bootcamp in the midst of a pandemic
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
At Université de Montréal, the pandemic forced the interruption of clinical patient encounters for 2nd year undergraduate students. During this period, students usually progress from direct to indirect supervision for medical history taking. A pre-clerkship bootcamp was created to palliate for this loss and to better prepare students to the reality of medical practice during a pandemic.
Summary of the Innovation
A bootcamp course committee including academic directors, education leads, and students was formed in June 2020. The course was constructed on learning objectives centered on cancelled clinical activities, students' perceived needs to prepare for clerkship and critical information about COVID. The objective was to hold a 4-week bootcamp starting August 2020 ending with a formative assessment.
The curriculum included in-person history-taking and physical examination in an outpatient setting followed by case history redaction and virtual feedback sessions by clinician educators, and a telehealth consultation with a patient-educator focusing on communication skills. E-learning modules on telehealth issues, perioperative asepsis, pediatric examination skills and approach to common musculoskeletal complaints were also created. Lectures on current knowledge of COVID-19, workshops on dealing with uncertainty and distant learning, and student led sessions on maximizing learning opportunities during clerkship were held. All 292 students successfully completed the course and assessment.
Conclusion
Pre-clerkship students were able to attend a mixed modality bootcamp created in a short time.
Although data on student perceived benefit after the beginning of clerkship has yet to be obtained, immediate appreciation of the course was excellent, and students felt safer prior to starting their clerkship.
Keyword 1
bootcamp
Keyword 2
clerkship
Keyword 3
COVID
Level of Training
Undergraduate
Abstract Themes
Undergraduate
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Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Authors
Presenter
Tania riendeau
Term 1
Yes
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