key: cord-0767502-gzal8qqz authors: Alsafi, Zaid; Abbas, Abdul-Rahman; Hassan, Aimen; Ali, Mohamed Adam title: The Coronavirus Pandemic: Adaptations in Medical Education date: 2020-04-15 journal: Int J Surg DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.03.083 sha: 8460bbf855e0efe0aab7210ba0e5fbeaa994fa0e doc_id: 767502 cord_uid: gzal8qqz nan Zaid Alsafi 1A , Abdul-Rahman Abbas 1 Drastic measures have been put into place to tackle the surge in healthcare demand across the UK; medical students have been invited to volunteer or have been temporarily employed within their local hospitals, to provide support (5) . Additionally, the Foundation programme, typically a 2-year hospital and community-based internship, has required substantial adaptation. Rotating between specialities involves several logistical challenges such as familiarising one's self with new teams, protocols and computerised systems. For this reason, many deaneries across the UK have informed doctors that the normal changeover of specialities in April will not occur, and some specialty trainees have been redeployed to cover medical COVID-These are uncertain times and all healthcare professionals, including medical students, have a role to play in tackling this pandemic. However, with added responsibility placed on junior doctors and students, necessary measures need to be put into place to ensure patient safety, and to ensure that adequate training is being provided at all levels, from medical student volunteers to qualified doctors and other healthcare professionals. The following additional information is required for submission. Please note that failure to respond to these questions/statements will mean your submission will be returned. If you have nothing to declare in any of these categories, then this should be stated. No conflicts of interest. No funding received. No ethical approval required. Please enter the name of the registry, the hyperlink to the registration and the unique identifying number of the study. You can register your research at http://www.researchregistry.com to obtain your UIN if you have not already registered your study. This is mandatory for human studies only. Organisation WH. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Situation Report -63 2020 World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) Coronavirus: action plan. A guide to what you can expect across the UK. 2020 Medical students take final exams online for first time, despite student concern COVID-19: medical students requested to work in the NHS 2020 Please specify the contribution of each author to the paper, e.g. study design, data collections, data analysis, writing. Others, who have contributed in other ways should be listed as contributors MAA: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing original draft, Editing drafts, Approval of final article The Guarantor is the one or more people who accept full responsibility for the work and/or the conduct of the study, had access to the data, and controlled the decision to publish. Please note that providing a guarantor is compulsory. The data in this review is not sensitive in nature and is accessible in the public domain.