(en) Context and background: Due to its magnitude and brutality, the COVID-19 pandemic questions medical schools about their preparation and capacity to effectively face a health crisis. The lessons to be learned and the opportunities to be seized to strengthen the social accountability mission of medical schools are explored. Analysis: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on medical training by strongly disrupting academic functioning, it nevertheless constitutes for the faculty of medicine a unique opportunity from which the lessons must be learned to better prepare to respond to the next health challenges, in particular through its anticipation, its commitment, its solidarity and its partnerships. Conclusion: The COVID-19 health crisis is an experiment to prepare decanal teams, teachers, researchers and students to adopt a shared approach of social accountability.
Maherzi, A., Ladner, J., de Rouffignac, S., Boelen, C., Sylla, C., Gresenguet, G., & Dumas, J.-L. (2020). Pandémie COVID-19 : le défi de la responsabilité sociale des facultés de médecine. Pédagogie Médicale, 21(4), 195-198. https://doi.org/10.1051/pmed/2020054 (Original work published 2020)