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cord-305736-g0jgfngc	Mian, Areeb	Medical education during pandemics: a UK perspective	2020-04-09		.txt	text/plain	1137	65	48	The timing of this disruption is set to have profound consequences as universities, particularly in the UK, are now conducting assessments remotely, and some are considering deferring students due to the inability to carry out teaching and clinical placements. Perhaps it is now time for universities to consider utilising other modes of facilitating learning such as live teleteaching video conference platforms whereby student engagement and interactivity can be preserved, whilst observing appropriate COVID-19 social distancing measures. As an alternative to clinical placements, students at Imperial College London are being given access to an online repository of patient interview recordings and cases. Indeed, studies have found that interaction with telemedicine technologies during undergraduate medical training contributes to improved core competencies, medical knowledge, overall learning and higher quality patient care [3] . Current technology in advancing medical education: perspectives for learning and providing care	./cache/cord-305736-g0jgfngc.txt	./txt/cord-305736-g0jgfngc.txt