The Changing Landscape of the Preclinical Medical School Curriculum: Results from a Nationwide Survey of United States Medical School Curriculum Deans.

In recent years, US medical schools have increasingly incorporated online learning into the previously classroom-based pre-clerkship (ie, "preclinical") curriculum.1,2 The proportion of US medical students who attend live in-person classroom lectures has gradually declined, with learners instead choosing to watch recorded lectures online on their own time and at their own pace.1,2 These changes have been further accelerated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, as medical schools have been forced to incorporate educational strategies that allow for remote learning and social distancing.