COVID-19: ensuring safe clinical teaching at university optometry schools

被引:12
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作者
Jonuscheit, Sven [1 ]
Lam, Andrew K. C. [2 ]
Schmid, Katrina L. [3 ]
Flanagan, John [4 ]
Martin, Raul [5 ]
Troilo, David [6 ]
机构
[1] Glasgow Caledonian Univ, Dept Vis Sci, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Sch Optometry, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[3] Queensland Univ Technol, Sch Optometry & Vis Sci, Kelvin Grove, Australia
[4] Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Optometry, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[5] Univ Valladolid, Optometry Sch, IOBA Eye Inst, Valladolid, Spain
[6] State Univ New York SUNY, Coll Optometry, New York, NY USA
关键词
clinical teaching; COVID-19; higher education; optometry; MEDICAL-EDUCATION; CHALLENGES;
D O I
10.1111/opo.12764
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 ;
摘要
The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading across the globe for several months. The nature of the virus (SARS-CoV-2) with easy person-to-person transmissions and the severe clinical course observed in some people necessitated unprecedented modifications of everyday social interactions. These included the temporary suspension of considerable elements of clinical teaching at optometry schools worldwide. This article describes the challenges optometry schools were facing in early to mid 2020. The paper highlights the experiences of six universities in five countries on four continents. Strategies to minimise the risk of virus transmission, to ensure safe clinical optometric teaching and how to overcome the challenges presented by COVID-19 are described. An outlook on opportunities to further improve optometric education is provided.
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页码:144 / 156
页数:13
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