To be (virtual) or not to be: six ways to get a grip on choosing a delivery method for your educational program

Iman Lahouaoula; Heather Buckley; Nawaaz Nathoo

doi:10.36834/cmej.78281

To be (virtual) or not to be: six ways to get a grip on choosing a delivery method for your educational program

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Iman Lahouaoula University of British Columbia
Heather Buckley University of British Columbia
Nawaaz Nathoo University of British Columbia

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https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.78281

Abstract

In the post-pandemic era, modalities for delivering medical education are at a crossroads. The pandemic disrupted the traditional in-person model, and a boom of virtual meetings and sessions quickly found their place in medical education. Now, educators are left with a selection of in-person, virtual, and hybrid approaches to structure medical education programming. We provide six tips to help guide medical educators on deciding between the variety of educational delivery methods.

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2025-01-09

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Lahouaoula I, Buckley H, Nathoo N. To be (virtual) or not to be: six ways to get a grip on choosing a delivery method for your educational program. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2025 Jan. 9 [cited 2025 Jan. 9];. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/78281

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