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20 The coronavirus has temporarily forced most face-to-face teaching to go online, while clinical attachments designed to give students practical experience have been suspended. In response, CU Medicine has designed an app to facilitate the learning of medical students in this new environment. ‘MyMBChB’ is a mobile application specifically developed to facilitate learning at CU Medicine. Medical students can use the app to view their course schedule and instructor roster, as well as to get updates on teaching arrangements from the Faculty. The app is also designed with getting the students back in the clinic in mind. Once clinical training resumes for the medical students, the app will log clinical activity so students can easily record the details of each teaching session wherever it occurs. The log provides essential information such as the date and time of the activities, the specifics of the hospital or clinic, details of the ward, the hospital number of all the patients involved, and the tutor’s information. All these data are connected to a back-end contact- tracing platform managed by the Faculty, to enhance the safety of all involved. That could prove essential if there are new infections of the coronavirus. If the Hospital Authority triggers a contact-tracing alert CU Medicine creates an app to get students back in the clinic Developing an Attachment