Rapid development of a digital module during the covid-19 pandemic in undergraduate medical education of pediatrics by teachers and students

Objective: During the early Covid-19 pandemic, undergraduate medical teaching of pediatric medicine had to be switched to online teaching at the Hanover Medical School (MHH) The aim was to develop an online module together with students Methodology: In a multi-stage process, a working group consisting of lecturers and students developed the concept and implemented it Af-terwards the online module was evaluated Results: The conceptualization process and the implementation of the module together with students can be represented as a modified PDCA cycle (Plan-Do-Check-Act) We showed that including students in the development of an online module is helpful in times of limited resources e g such as personnel and time Conclusion: The cooperation between students and lecturers is suitable for developing and implementing an online module in a short time In the future, in addition to joint conceptualization phases, digital elements (e g preparatory webinars) for the module itself in attendance phases should be retained © 2020 Mikuteit et al