{"id":110701,"date":"2020-03-12T10:31:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T09:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=110701"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:44","slug":"coronavirus-erasmus-mc-stops-large-scale-lectures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/03\/12\/coronavirus-erasmus-mc-stops-large-scale-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Erasmus MC stops large-scale lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The corona epidemic is now having an impact on education at the medical faculty too. From Friday, Erasmus MC will no longer be teaching groups of more than thirty students. Education involving physical contact will also be discontinued.<\/p>\n

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Furthermore, students are not recommended to come to the Education Centre at the hospital for self-study. According to dean Maarten Frens, the measure is necessary to \u2018prevent worse\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe realise that you may be concerned about compulsory education and testing,\u201d Frens wrote in an e-mail to the students of the medical faculty. \u201cHowever, we are looking for suitable solutions for each programme and alternative forms of education. We will inform you about this as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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