Medical education and the epidemics: How educational technology responded

The global disruption created by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in medical education and healthcare institutions is unparalleled. Consequently, it is essential to evaluate the usability of forms of educational technology and to identify their viability and suitability for medical education. The objective of the investigation was to present an assessment of the state of medical education during the COVID-19 epidemic and to identify the obstacles faced by educators while introducing online learning systems for medical students. Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted with 200 medical students and 75 staff members from Saudi Arabia's University of Health. A descriptive method was used to focus on the mechanisms of analysis, foresight, and comprehension of reality. The most significant findings were the obstacles posed by instructors' most urgent requirements for educational technology training and its applications in order to activate distance education in medical education. In addition to a detailed description of the academic and technological concerns and obstacles encountered by students and faculty of health colleges during the pandemic, this report includes a discussion of the pandemic itself. Several prospective recommendations for the use of online and blended learning in health colleges post-pandemic were also made. Additionally, the requirement to activate learning via virtual professional learning groups. (Afr J Reprod Health 2024; 28 [1 ]: 94-109). Keywords: Educational Technology, Medical Education, Epidemics, online learning, synchronous distance education (SDE) La perturbation mondiale creee par la pandemie de maladie a coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) dans les etablissements d'enseignement medical et de soins de sante est sans precedent. Par consequent, il est essentiel d'evaluer l'utilisabilite des formes de technologie educative et d'identifier leur viabilite et leur adequation a l'enseignement medical. L'objectif de l'enquete etait de presenter une evaluation de l'etat de l'enseignement medical pendant l'epidemie de COVID-19 et d'identifier les obstacles rencontres par les educateurs lors de l'introduction de systemes d'apprentissage en ligne pour les etudiants en medecine. Deux enquetes transversales ont ete menees aupres de 200 etudiants en medecine et de 75 membres du personnel de l'Universite de la Sante d'Arabie Saoudite. Une methode descriptive a ete utilisee pour se concentrer sur les mecanismes d'analyse, de prospect