Resumen

VERGARA DE LA ROSA, Esteban et al. Distance medical education in the times of COVID-19. Educ Med Super [online]. 2020, vol.34, n.2  Epub 01-Jun-2020. ISSN 1561-2902.

The COVID-19 pandemic has stopped face-to-face medical education; therefore, greater importance has been given to distance medical education. This has provoked a debate about what the best actions to follow are. Hence, it is important to review the strategies implemented in several medical schools during previous epidemics and, based on this, make proposals in line with the Latin American reality, taking into account the distinction between preclinical and clinical courses. In Latin America, the proposals to achieve adequate distance medical education in the present scenario are the inclusion and use of virtual tool courses, the implementation of problem-based learning, distance interaction with the professor through online communication media, to avoid excessive use of recorded classes, adequate broadband access, and to overcome the professor’s resistance to using information and communication technologies in medical education, seeking interaction and close communication with students.

Palabras clave : medical education; distance education; coronavirus infections; COVID-19; Latin American.