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[quote=Anonymous]I am also on the faculty of a med school & teach med students (with the caveat that I am not in NYC). Even in normal times we have a hard time convincing the 1st & 2nd years to come to lecture at all since almost everything is available on-line. They prefer listen to pre-recorded lectures because they can speed them up 1.5-2x to make class go faster. In fact, we have had to use a variety of carrots and sticks to force them to attend a nominal number of in-person teaching sessions. However, they will miss out on preceptorships.

3rd & 4th year are trickier - these are the years when the students do rotations on the wards. Currently, we have quite a few doing pathology electives via zoom - they can watch what is happening under the microscope and listen to the attending & residents talk about cases. That is a stop-gap measure. The hospital needs to ramp up seeing patients soon, as people are still sick with non-COVID illnesses & have been delaying care. Also, we are hemorrhaging money with so many beds empty & all of the money-making procedures halted. I expect that -unless the students refuse to go back - things will be up and running in some way shape or form (with modifications to enhance safety for the MS) in a few months for MS 3 & 4.[/quote]

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