Teaching in Clinical Rounds When Driven by the COVID-19 Pandemic

The spread of the Corona virus (Covid-19) has already taken on pandemic proportions, affecting many educational systems and the medical community at large around the world (1). In this respect, a global response to prepare educational systems worldwide is necessary. Medical schools are at the forefront of the fight against the Covid-19 in terms of providing the care needed for the patients afflicted by the virus as well as preparing medical students for their professional roles as medical doctors in the future. But the Covid-19 pandemic has engulfed all the educational institutes and universities by the extent not to be able to run their classes and being unable to keep abreast of any developments for remote learning options as far as possible. In addition, many students have been sidelined due to Covid-19 pandemic and this situation is exacerbated for the educational systems which cannot keep in line with the new methods of teaching and learning. The current situation is critically important for medical students as gaining competence with reference to knowledge, attitudes and psychomotor skills necessitates radical changes during the pandemic. Medical students as the cornerstone of the health care team need education on clinical rounds when it comes to patient care and mastery over psychomotor skills (2,3). In this regard, medical teachers should provide education to medical students by holding clinical rounds using an approach which is not only innovative and fascinating but also to be safe both for students and patients not to endanger their wellbeing.