Thoughts on Higher Medical Education Under Major Public Health Emergencies: Thinking Ahead After COVID-19 Outbreak

Wei Lin; Yan Chen; Songchang Shi; Jixing Liang; Huibin Huang; Liantao Li; Liangchun Cai; Liyao Zong; Nengying Wang; Junping Wen; Gang Chen

These measures played an important part in special times, and also accelerated the rapid development of education informatization and the infrastructure. As speculated earlier, the findings of this study show that medical students prefer home-based online learning in terms of adaptability and acceptance of the course. With regard to the relevant observational indicators of competency-oriented medical education involved in this research questionnaire, the results also show that quite a number of medical students believe that home-based online education model can, to some extent, cultivate their professionalism, stimulate their motivation in learning and bring more fun to the study amid the pandemic. Meanwhile, medical students can obtain knowledge and improve learning skills through online education. In a sense, through online interaction based on WeChat groups, QQ groups and other platforms, home-based online learning can also foster their teamwork spirit. Therefore, the result of this study to some degree further confirm that Chinese government has implemented timely and correct strategies in response to the PHEIC, which extends higher medical education from school to home and accelerated the popularization of online education. It may be an inevitable trend for the development of medical education in the future. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.