Challenges and opportunities in dermatology education in COVID-19 times

Abstract

Dermatology was enthusiastically moving into spring 2020, when realization of the highly contagious COVID-19 pandemic ravaging neighboring and distant parts of the world registered. The leading recommendation for control of spread of infection required social distancing,1 so all educational institutions in the country were precipitately closed down on March 13th by government orders.2 All Medical and Dental Colleges in the country, both undergraduate or postgraduate were shut down; so were departments of Dermatology, ENT and Eye in all hospitals, as they were considered non-essential services in COVID-19 conditions, to reduce the load of people visiting hospitals and enable social distancing