Objective: The aim: To analyze the challenges and approaches used in medical universities in different countries during the transfer of training from offline to online format during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patients and methods: Materials and methods: Electronic databases of Scielo, Scopus and PubMed were searched using keyword searches.
Conclusion: Conclusions: The use of a large number of online tools and ICTs to develop the clinical skills of medical students has become a real pedagogical breakthrough in medical education. Innovations and technological efficiency of educational tools will change medical education forever. But it is difficult to give an unambiguous assessment of the delayed effects of these changes, since not much is yet known about the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the medical education.
Keywords: COVID-19; distance learning; education; medical education; online learning.