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Fig. 1 | BMC Medical Education

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From: The efficacy of virtual distance training of intensive therapy and anaesthesiology among fifth-year medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

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The structure of intensive therapy and anaesthesiology course before and after COVID-19 restrictions. The intensive therapy and anaesthesiology course consisted of a scheduled one-week practical block with five thematic bed-side trainings and four simulation trainings, supplemented with fourteen lectures held weekly during the spring semester of the academic year 2019/2020. Lectures were presented in the form of face-to-face education until the introduction of COVID-19 restrictions and were switched to virtual form of education during the COVID-19 restrictions. Bed-side trainings were suspended with the introduction of COVID-19 restrictions and were replaced with virtual distance trainings. Students who had the scheduled one-week practical block during the COVID-19 restrictions, took part in four thematic virtual trainings that replaced thematic bed-side trainings. They attended the lectures in the same way as students visiting bed-side trainings. In order to assess the success of the virtual distance training with the four thematic sessions, a survey was filled out by students and instructors participating in virtual distance trainings on a voluntary and anonymous basis. In addition, all students visiting our course during the spring semester of 2019/2020 had the opportunity to complete a knowledge test to compare the knowledge of bed-side training and virtual distance training students. The participation in the knowledge test was also voluntary and anonymous. The simulation trainings and one bed-side training were held for students visiting virtual distance trainings after the lifting of restrictions

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