COVID-19: ensuring safe clinical teaching at university optometry schools.
COVID-19
/ epidemiology
Disease Transmission, Infectious
/ prevention & control
Education, Distance
/ methods
Humans
Optometry
/ education
Personal Protective Equipment
Physical Distancing
SARS-CoV-2
Schools, Health Occupations
/ organization & administration
Self-Directed Learning as Topic
Teaching
/ organization & administration
COVID-19
clinical teaching
higher education
optometry
Journal
Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists)
ISSN: 1475-1313
Titre abrégé: Ophthalmic Physiol Opt
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8208839
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2021
01 2021
Historique:
received:
24
07
2020
revised:
06
10
2020
accepted:
06
10
2020
pubmed:
11
12
2020
medline:
2
1
2021
entrez:
10
12
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading across the globe for several months. The nature of the virus (SARS-CoV-2) with easy person-to-person transmissions and the severe clinical course observed in some people necessitated unprecedented modifications of everyday social interactions. These included the temporary suspension of considerable elements of clinical teaching at optometry schools worldwide. This article describes the challenges optometry schools were facing in early to mid 2020. The paper highlights the experiences of six universities in five countries on four continents. Strategies to minimise the risk of virus transmission, to ensure safe clinical optometric teaching and how to overcome the challenges presented by COVID-19 are described. An outlook on opportunities to further improve optometric education is provided.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
144-156Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics © 2020 The College of Optometrists.
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