WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Dr. Firdous Jahan*

ABSTRACT

The ideal clinical teaching and learning is done in patient care but because of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak all clinical and class room teaching is suspended now. Online teaching is an acceptable mode of teaching, online medical teaching is entirely a different story but converting face-to-face teaching into the online mode in this unique situation has allowed each of us to use our ingenuity in planning the road that lies ahead. The teaching methods used in outpatient clinics are different from those used in wards, outpatient clinics in primary care offer more diverse and effective educational opportunities. Medical students in clinical years need effective and conducive learning environment to motivate and facilitates in depth learning, where they can express their opinion, questioning, evaluating own and peer performance with maximum hands on practice (doing). Ambulatory care gives a better opportunity for medical students to acquire appropriate medical knowledge with diversity of cases. There is a serious and disruptive change to medical education worldwide in this pandemic and the use of technology has been rapidly and innovatively used in an attempt to maintain teaching and learning. The aim of this article is to provide guidance how to conduct effective clinical teaching on line and make plan for assessment under current pandemic conditions.