EDUCATIVE HYBRID INTERVENTION AS A STRATEGY FOR REINTEGRATION TO THE CLINICAL COURSES OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors:   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Valdes-Garcia JE , Dominguez-Cherit G ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Luna-Ceron E ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Pherez-Farah A ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Muzquiz-Aguirre S ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Mancilla-Ortega JP ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Vichi-Lima LJ ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Montejo-Romo SJ ,   Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, Mexico, Bonilla-Hernández R ,   Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, Mexico, Arizpe-Vilana D ,   Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, Mexico, Jimenez-Becerril K ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Rios-Barrientos E ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Garibay-Huarte T ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Jean-Silver ER ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Zaragoza-Guerra V ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, DiazElizondo JA ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Rivero-Sigarroa E ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, Zerón-Gutiérrez L ,   Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Published: September 2021

The SARS-COV-2, pandemic generated the need to modify the current clinical educational model with the challenge of promoting safety as well as the continuity of clinical education through the use of virtual platforms. Since clinical training in hospital institutions cannot be substituted, a strategic training plan was developed to guarantee protection, safety, and academic continuity for students upon their return to clinical clerkships. The objective of this project was to develop and evaluate the impact of a hybrid massive training plan as an educative strategy to give the theoretical and practical knowledge required for the safe return of undergraduate students to their respective clinical activities in the context of this pandemic. An academic program was designed through a massive hybrid strategy to train 616 undergraduate students studying clinical cycles by presential, virtual, synchronous, and asynchronous activities. To know the impact of the program, a pre-experimental study with pre-test and post-test was carried out to evaluate the acquisition of the important knowledge and skills of the program. A significant difference was found between the means of the initial and final evaluations (p <0.001), as well as a high impact of the intervention (d 1.6). Significant improvements in the areas of COVID-19 initial management (p <0.001) and personal protective equipment use (p <0.001) were seen in the post-test when comparing to the initial evaluation. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the satisfaction survey was carried out, finding positive results on the course design, quality of didactic resources, and instructors’ performance massive hybrid training is an effective strategy to facilitate the reintegration of undergraduate students to their face-to-face clinical rotations. Keywords: COVID-19 Hybrid education, Clinical clerkships, Training, Distance learning, Educational model