Adapting to a new reality: COVID-19 coronavirus and online education in the health professions

• Published in: Rural and remote health Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 97 - 102
• Main Authors: Seymour-Walsh, Amy E, Bell, Andy, Weber, Anthony, Smith, Tony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Townsville QLD James Cook University 01-05-2020
• Subjects: Allied health personnel; Betacoronavirus; Cognitive psychology; cognitivism; Computer-assisted instruction; constructivist learning theory; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 (Disease); Distance education; Distance learning; Education, Distance - methods; Health Personnel - education; health professions education; Humans; Internet; Knowledge; Learning; Medicine; Online instruction; online pedagogy; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Professional Role; Rural areas; Rural health care; SARS-CoV-2; Social aspects; Study and teaching; Study and teaching (Higher); Teaching; Teaching - standards; constructivist learning theory; cognitivism; online pedagogy; health professions education; distance learning
• ISSN: 1445-6354; 1445-6354
• DOI: 10.22605/RRH6000

The current novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has effected a significant change in the way industry-based and tertiary health professions education (HPE) can occur. Advice for strict, widespread social distancing has catalysed the transformation of course delivery into fully online design across nations. This is problematic for HPE, which has traditionally relied on face-to-face learner interaction, in the form of skills laboratories, simulation training and industry-based clinical placements.