The pedagogical challenges of teaching psychiatry residents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has challenged and almost completely disrupted the previous teaching system, based mainly on teachers’ and learners’ physical presence. This impact has forced educators to identify alternative learning models and begin utilizing new approaches, often without detailed analysis or thorough, systematic planning. The current literature review aims to reveal some of the greatest pedagogical challenges in remotely teaching psychiatry residents during the pandemic. This mini-review’s results may help in developing additional pedagogical techniques and key applications for educational activities to teach psychiatry residents, as well as to suggest directions for future psychiatry resident education.