Webinar #31 | “Part 2: Innovation and Transformation of Medical Education”

Webinar #31 | “Part 2: Innovation and Transformation of Medical Education” The University of the Philippines  in partnership with  Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and UP Manila NIH National Telehealth Center  in cooperation with  UP Manila College of Medicine and  UP Philippine General Hospital  would like to invite you to join the Fight Against COVID-19!  The SPECIAL EDITION of the STOP COVID DEATHS Webinar Series  holds the very first Virtual International Conference  on Medical Education in the Pandemic  Webinar #31: “Part 2: Innovation and Transformation of Medical Education” November 20, 2020 (Friday) 12nn  Opening Remarks Dr. Ramon L. Arcadio Executive Director, APMC Welcome Remarks Dr. Roderico Ofrin Country Representative, WHO India Presentors: Dr. Charlotte Chiong Dean, College of Medicine University of the Philippines Manila Dr. Shin Chan Soo Dean, College of Medicine Seoul National University Dr. Rajeev Kumar Associate Dean (Academics) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Reactors: Terence Lapeñas Regional Chairperson to AMSA-International Asian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA)-Philippines Ferdinand Nykko Bautista National Medical Interns Chapter Chair Association of Philippine Medical Colleges (APMC) Student Network Jee Hyun Kim College of Medicine Seoul National University Virtual International Conference on Medical Education in the Pandemic Part 2: Innovation and Transformation of Medical Education The first four years of medical education requires a combination of didactic, laboratory-based, clinical and community approaches to prepare future doctors for the practice of medicine. Medical school seeks to lay the foundation for application of knowledge, skills, logic, empathy, and ethics in situations where decisions are made under high stress to save lives and where miscalculations can result in death. A lot of the learning is experiential and interactive. How can medical education be sustained in the context of a pandemic where students are restricted from interaction with faculty, fellow-students and patients? Cessation of face-to-face learning in the first four years of medical education has created anxiety for many students of medicine who may feel short-changed by current restrictions. On the other hand, faculty members and students themselves are also learning to use the current obstacles and barriers to evolve new and creative solutions to teaching and learning that is resulting in innovation and transformation of the profession itself. Afterall, the restrictions are created by a disease – and looking for ways around disease transmission is a direct responsibility of the sector. Across the world, medical schools are using telehealth platforms and simulation laboratories to continue to learn. Students are more engaged in research. Opportunities for service still abound and new ways of working with patients in low-transmission areas are being organized. In the future, medical schools may need to rethink how each part of the curriculum is approached including more technology-based methods without sacrificing the humane aspects of healing, presence and engagement with the sick. As part of continuing efforts to protect the frontline against the backdrop of rising numbers of COVID-19 infections in the community and as part of the STOP COVID DEATHS Webinar Series of the University of the Philippines and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, the “Virtual International Conference on Medical Education in the Pandemic – Part 2: Innovation and Transformation of Medical Education” is the second initiative to address the challenges of training doctors against the backdrop of COVID-19.