Response to COVID-19 pandemic: Beyond medical education in Brazil

Noah A Newman; Omar M Lattouf

doi:10.1111/jocs.14648

Response to COVID-19 pandemic: Beyond medical education in Brazil

J Card Surg. 2020 Jun;35(6):1176. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14648.

Authors

Noah A Newman¹, Omar M Lattouf^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
² Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, New York City, New York.

Abstract

We received a response to our Editorial from a group in Brazil that raised valuable concerns about the struggles in transforming medical education in low-income countries. Here, we address the concerns they raised that reinforce the global need for a "Coalition for Medical Education."

Keywords: medical education.

MeSH terms

Brazil
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Graduate / organization & administration*
Education, Medical, Undergraduate / organization & administration*
Educational Measurement
Female
Humans
Male
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Poverty