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Accepted Symposia
Symposium
Session Type
Symposium
Date
10/16/2021
Session Time
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room
Accepted Symposia
Chair(s)
- Estefania Garcia (Colombia)
Session Description
COVID-19 pandemia has been a challenge in every aspect of human interactions, and education, particularly medical education, has been deeply affected. We will discuss in this symposia different strategies developed to handle this challenges at a local, regional and global levels. First we will discuss the necessary teamwork effort to keep on the development of our trainees in virtual spaces leaving no one behind. Then we will enfatize the humanitarian aspects of the psychiatry response amidst the covid pandemia, and finally we will talk about the difficulties faced by med students in different fields of medicine.
CHALLENGES OF TEACHING PSYCHIATRY IN PANDEMIC TIMES: A TEAMWORK AT UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO
Presenter
- Estefania Garcia (Colombia)
Lecture Time
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSES IN PSYCHIATRY
Presenter
- Helen Herrman (Australia)
Lecture Time
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
DIFFICULTIES FACED BY MEDICAL STUDENTS DURING PANDEMIA TIMES: THE CHALLENGE OF THE VIRTUAL WORLD
Presenter
- Carlos A. Palacio-Acosta (Colombia)
Lecture Time
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM