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. 2021 Dec 31;12:274–299. doi: 10.5116/ijme.61b3.56ee

Box 1. Advantages and disadvantages of virtual placement.

Advantages Disadvantages
·       Increase opportunities for students and hosts to participate ·        Create and reinforce inequities in under-resourced settings
·       Favours “head” learning ·        Harder to create opportunities for “heart” and “hands” learning
·       Can be used in combination with physical placement to enhance learning ·        Cannot replicate a physical experience
·       Minimises physical risk ·        “Zoom fatigue”