Horizon of Medical Education Development

Post-corona; Forgetting the Crisis, Losing Opportunities, or Continuing Virtual Education in Universities of Medical Sciences

https://doi.org/10.22038/hmed.2023.73805.1284
Volume 15, Issue 1
Winter 2024
Pages 1-5
Horizon of Medical Education Development

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

Marjan Arab-Rahamatipour 1
Alireza Ebadollahi-Natanzi 2
Gholamreza Arab-Rahmatipour 3

1 Department of Young Researchers and Elite Club, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Medicinal Plants, Imam Khomeini Higher Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran

3 Department of Pathobiology Laboratory, Farabi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
With the subsidence of the waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and its end, despite the identification of many strengths and weaknesses  of using virtual methods of education at that time, it was expected that this path would have received more attention and transformation. Examining the archive list of journals shows a decrease in articles in this field and it seems that research is moving away from this issue. The past has shown that big events sometimes appear unexpectedly, so the opportunity should not be missed. In the post-corona situation, when tranquillity has been established in the communities, it is the best time to continue planning in order to strengthen the necessary infrastructure to facilitate the best possible application of virtual training and develop appropriate programs and protocols with the approach of medical education. In this regard, we can benefit from the experiences of universities that have been pioneers in this matter in the past. Also, with field research by professors and students, appropriate solutions were adopted to improve the development of educational systems based on virtual space. Also, research in this field can be presented as a lesson unit in students' educational 
programs.

Keywords

Post-Corona
Cyberspace: Education and Research
Medical Sciences
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