The Future of Morphological Science Education: Learning and Teaching Anatomy in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Amr Maani (), Alicja Forma, Adam Brachet, Katarzyna Czarnek, Abduelmenem Alashkham and Jacek Baj ()
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Amr Maani: Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center, 7531 Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649, USA
Alicja Forma: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, 20-059 Lublin, Poland
Adam Brachet: Department of Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland
Katarzyna Czarnek: Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health Sciences in Lublin, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, ul. Konstantynów 1 H, 20-708 Lublin, Poland
Abduelmenem Alashkham: Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences: Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
Jacek Baj: Department of Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-090 Lublin, Poland

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 7, 1-12

Abstract: The COVID-19 Pandemic has conveyed an unprecedented worldwide challenge. Although there is much emphasis on caring for patients and communities, the high incidence of SARS-CoV-2 had seriously disturbed education and calls for prompt as well as serious consideration from educators in medical schools. The necessity to teach and prepare prospective medics, as well as clinicians, has certainly not been as intense as it is currently. The global effects of coronavirus disease 2019 may cause a permanent change in the education of future clinicians. The COVID-19 era presented logistical and practical obstacles and fears for the patients’ well-being, taking into consideration the fact that students may be potential channels for the spread of the virus when asymptomatic and may get infected while being in training and attending lectures. This paper discusses the present state of morphological science education, depicting the effect of COVID-19 on learning environments, as well as highlights the probable effects of COVID-19 on medical instruction in the future.

Keywords: morphological sciences; medical education; anatomical education; distance learning; COVID-19 pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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