Teaching Pathology in an Integrated Preclinical Medical School Curriculum and Adaptations to COVID-19 Restrictions

Matthew D Krasowski; John L Blau; Stephanie J Chen; Karra A Jones; Thomas J Schmidt; Leslie A Bruch

doi:10.1177/23742895211015337

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Teaching Pathology in an Integrated Preclinical Medical School Curriculum and Adaptations to COVID-19 Restrictions

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Teaching Pathology in an Integrated Preclinical Medical School Curriculum and Adaptations to COVID-19 Restrictions

Matthew D Krasowski, John L Blau, Stephanie J Chen, Karra A Jones, Thomas J Schmidt and Leslie A Bruch

Academic pathology, Vol.8, pp.237428952110153-23742895211015337

01/01/2021

DOI: 10.1177/23742895211015337

PMCID: PMC8138288

PMID: 34046522

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a major impact on education at all age levels, including professional schools and health professions programs. We describe the experience of adapting preclinical medical school courses within an integrated curriculum to virtual instruction. A major feature of two of the courses were pathology small groups adapted from pathology courses in the previous medical school curriculum. These small groups were designed to use facilitated groups of 8 to 10 students. With a sudden change to virtual learning, these small groups were shifted to large group virtual sessions. In general, the conversion went well, with ongoing optimization of the format of the large group sessions mainly occurring over the first several sessions. End-of-course student evaluations were generally positive, but with a preference toward returning to live sessions in the future. Scores on 5 multiple choice examinations in the spring 2020 course were essentially identical in mean, standard deviation, and distribution to examinations in the previous 2 years of the course that had similar layout and topic organization. We discuss the challenges and successes of the switch to virtual instruction and of teaching pathology content within an integrated medical school curriculum.

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Title: Subtitle: Teaching Pathology in an Integrated Preclinical Medical School Curriculum and Adaptations to COVID-19 Restrictions
Creators: Matthew D Krasowski - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
John L Blau - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Stephanie J Chen - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Karra A Jones - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Thomas J Schmidt - University of Iowa
Leslie A Bruch - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Academic pathology, Vol.8, pp.237428952110153-23742895211015337
DOI: 10.1177/23742895211015337
PMID: 34046522
PMCID: PMC8138288
NLM abbreviation: Acad Pathol
ISSN: 2374-2895
eISSN: 2374-2895
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2021
Academic Unit: Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Pathology; Neurosurgery
Record Identifier: 9984183993102771

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