Online teaching of forensic medicine and pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A course evaluation

Jones, Richard Martin 2021. Online teaching of forensic medicine and pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A course evaluation. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 83 , 102229. 10.1016/j.jflm.2021.102229

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Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed in early 2020, social distancing rules and ‘lockdowns’ brought face-to-face teaching in universities in the UK, and globally, to a halt, leading to an abrupt move to online teaching and learning. This article details student feedback to a course on applied forensic medicine and pathology – framed as ‘safeguarding vulnerable patients’ – which was adapted for delivery online in response to restrictions imposed by the pandemic. That feedback indicated that the adapted online course was well-received and, overall, it compared favourably with pervious iterations of the blended learning course, which had included a substantial face-to-face teaching component. Students remained engaged with the teaching, and they continued to see the relevance of forensic medicine to their future clinical practice.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1752-928X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	5 December 2025
Date of Acceptance:	5 August 2021
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2025 11:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/182867

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