The ongoing pandemic has changed the way medicine is taught and learned.The unexpected challenges of the spread of SARS-CoV-2 worldwide have forced our educators to rethink in a rather narrow window of time the organization of medical education all around the globe.In many countries, clinical clerkships have been cancelled and medical students' access to university hospitals has been restricted.Lectures have been replaced by online courses and, in many instances, case presentations have replaced classical rotations in the hospital.Although it is not difficult to understand why these measures were put into practice, one is still left wondering: are clinical clerkships dispensable in the training of a future physician?Also, to what extent has the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic affected the work of residents and young researchers?In the current and previous issue of the International Journal of Medical Students, many of these topics are tackled in the Experience articles that we decided to publish with perspectives from countries including Italy, 1,2 China/Zimbawe, 3 Spain, 4 the United States, 5- 10 Mexico, 11,12 India, [13][14][15][16][17][18] Pakistan, 19 Vietnam, 20 Saudi Arabia, 21 Canada, 22,23 Thailand, 24 Ecuador, 25 Nigeria, 26 Democratic Republic of Congo, 27,28 Ireland, 29,30 the United Kingdom, 31,32 South Africa, 33 Jamaica, 34 and Greece. 35,36