PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Daisy Henderson
AU  - Hannah Woodcock
AU  - Jay Mehta
AU  - Nuzhath Khan
AU  - Victoria Shivji
AU  - Charlotte Richardson
AU  - Haleema Aya
AU  - Shier Ziser
AU  - Gabriele Pollara
AU  - Aine Burns
TI  - Keep calm and carry on learning: using Microsoft Teams to deliver a medical education programme during the COVID-19 pandemic
AID  - 10.7861/fhj.2020-0071
DP  - 2020 Oct 01
TA  - Future Healthcare Journal
PG  - e67--e70
VI  - 7
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/7/3/e67.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/7/3/e67.full
SO  - Future Healthc J2020 Oct 01; 7
AB  - The outbreak of COVID-19 in the UK in March 2020 required a radical remodelling of the medical workforce at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust to prepare for the anticipated surge of hospital admissions. The provision of relevant teaching and training was immediately identified as a priority, particularly for staff due to work outside their regular medical specialty. Rather than deliver face-to-face teaching, doctors at the Trust utilised Microsoft Teams, an online communications and collaboration platform, to deliver a multi-disciplinary Trust-wide education programme responsive to the needs of surveyed medical staff. To date members of 18 departments across the Trust have delivered 51 virtual teaching sessions which have been viewed 3,814 times. During this pandemic the virtual education programme has facilitated rapid dissemination of new information and provided a platform for discussion and unity amongst colleagues with overwhelmingly positive feedback from both learners and teachers.