Correction: BMC Medical Education (2023) 23:186 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04117-3

Following publication of the original article [1], due to a typesetting error, references [19] and [20] were written incorrectly. The correct references are given below:

[19] Bawadi H, Abdul Rahim H, Moawad J, Shami R, Du X, El-Awaisi A, Al-Moslih AMI, Diab M, Al-Jayyousi GF. Health sciences students’ and instructors’ perceptions of the emergency switch to virtual internship amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A case from Qatar. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Aug 9;9:939416. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.939416. PMID: 36,059,828; PMCID: PMC9435433.

[20] Bawadi H, Shami R, El-Awaisi A, Al-Moslih A, Abdul Rahim H, Du X, Moawad J, Al-Jayyousi GF. Exploring the challenges of virtual internships during the COVID-19 pandemic and their potential influence on the professional identity of health professions students: A view from Qatar University. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Jan 30;10:1107693. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1107693. PMID: 36,793,877; PMCID: PMC9922901.

Also, in the Conclusion section, there is a spelling mistake. The incorrect and correct version is highlighted in bold typeface.

Incorrect:

Medical curricula need to create channels to accommodate more in-depth learning approaches in the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic and other emegencies.

Correct:

In the conclusion, there is a spelling mistake:

Medical curricula need to create channels to accommodate more in-depth learning approaches in the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergencies.

The publishers apologize for this error.

The original article has been corrected.