Online Medicine Education in Developing Countries

The history of medical education goes back to ancient time; early medical traditions include those of Babylon, China, Egypt, India, Greeks, Persians, and Romans, when official schools for training physicians were established in early sixteenth century. Online medical education plays an important role nowadays; it provides many opportunities to the students and healthcare professionals. Importance of distance and online education has been increased during the last decades, especially after 2019. Online education and learning had/has great impact on the continuous of teaching and learning cycle in medical education worldwide; save the medical and health sciences schools from close for at least one year because of lockdown after COVID-19 pandemic. This chapter covers the importance, advantages, and disadvantages of online medical education. Moreover, it includes the achievements and challenges of online medical education in the developing countries.