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September/October 2020
If your residency is like most programs, your pre-COVID didactics likely consisted of several hours of in-person conference once a week. That common, traditional way of learning has been turned upside down with the need for social distancing, and most programs have transitioned to virtual conferences. As the reality of COVID persists, it is important to continuously evaluate the effectiveness of virtual learning. Furthermore, in planning for a post-COVID era, it will be beneficial to determine whether virtual learning remains a valid, effective teaching technique despite being able to meet in-person.
To understand how virtual learning affects curriculum design, it is important to start by breaking down what, in general, emergency medicine residency curriculum looks like. Most programs include the following in some fashion:
- Core Topics
- Small-Group Sessions/Problem-Based learning
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)/Radiology Interpretation
- Morbidity and Mortality/Case Presentations
- Journal Club
- Ultrasound
- Grand Rounds
- Simulation/Procedure Lab
- Oral Board Review
- Asynchronous Learning
