COMPETENCY BASED MEDICAL EDUCATION (CBME) - CURRICULUM DELIVERY IN THE TIMES OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC: AN EXPERIENCE

Competency Based Undergraduate Curriculum is implemented from August 2019, i.e. from MBBS batch admitted in 2019 and studying currently in first year MBBS, shall continue with existing Curriculum. The novel coronavirus (SAR-CoV2) pandemic has resulted in the interruption of on-campus education activities like teaching-learning and assessments. With this sudden change in curriculum and COVID 19 pandemic, in order to continue medical education curriculum an online teaching strategies was designed and implemented to meet the challenges. This paper aims to share the early initial experience of Novel ways of online teaching in the setting of a global emergency (COVID-19) for medical students. This article will serve as a model for other institutes looking for continuing medical education in situations like COVID 19 that disrupt traditional teaching.