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When your lesson about infectious disease is a case study of the world - Scope

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Medical school classes have moved online for second-year Stanford student Lauren Joseph, and some lessons focus on the science of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Even before COVID-19, our medical school courses on infectious diseases featured videos — little narratives on make-believe patients. \n \"She deteriorated quickly, growing less alert with each passing day,\" explained the springboard video on Clostridium difficile , the bacterium that can cause diarrhea and dangerous inflammation of the colon. \"Two weeks later, despite the best effort of her care team, Lydia passed away with her family at her bedside.\"  \n We found these videos compelling. Throughout our six months in these courses, my classmates and I sent texts to each other — update

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