A remote clinical clerkship program for severe COVID-19 in ICU using smart glasses: questionnaire survey

Abstract

We designed a remote clinical clerkship program using smart glasses to impart training toward the management of severe COVID-19 patients in the ICU, where bedside teaching of such patients had to be withheld for infection control. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted to determine its usefulness and the challenges encountered. Responses were obtained from 12 students and 2 supervising physicians (100% response rate). Smart glasses enabled providing safe and satisfactory clinical learning opportunities to medical students, even in the Red Zone. The need for unique teaching techniques and IT technical support was suggested. Nevertheless, with further advancements, smart glasses may be fully utilized to complement the conventional clinical clerkship in the ICU.