Teaching allied health courses in the time of COVID-19: challenges and opportunities

Abstract

Allied health sciences are essential to an organized society. It contributes to the manpower that fuels global health and impacts people’s quality of life. The educational preparation of health professionals is highly skill-based and high touch. However, in a digital era like today, the challenge of ensuring a balance between high tech and high touch is paramount. But it takes a whole new level of challenge when a pandemic strikes.