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

In the face of COVID-19 pandemic, such massive resources can be accessed for free on the online platforms in China such as China University MOOC, Good University Online, Wisdom Tree, etc. As for the current teaching plan, it is recommended to employ MOOCs and SPOCs, meanwhile setting up Q&A groups as supplement for online courses. However, some shortcomings of online courses surfaced in its current application. For instance, the number of high-quality MOOCs, micro courses and "golden courses" are limited, which cannot cover all courses for all grades. As for the Internal Medicine courses, there is a lack of sufficient high-quality All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.