A Model for Undergraduate Medical Student Education in Otolaryngology During the Post–COVID-19 Era

The clinical learning environment is limited for undergraduate medical education in otolaryngology as the result of coronavirus disease 2019. In an effort to foster and rebuild the attending–medical student relationship, we have developed the R4 teaching model. This model encourages the student to read background information, respond to questions, and review online with faculty with the goal of realization of clinical decision making with gained knowledge. Within the R4 model, there are learning environment subtypes, including real patient cases, journal club, interactive quizzes, flipped classroom, and attending-lead discussions. In the absence of a multitude of “live” patients, our curricula reinstate the core of clinical teaching for medical students.