Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine 2008-0387 13 0 2020 12 19 881 881 Hakimeh Sabeghi PhD Candidate, Virtual School of Medical Education and Management, Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Leila Afshar Associate Professor, Department of Medical Ethics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Seyed Abbas Foroutan Associate Professor, Permanent Member, Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Shahram Yazdani Professor, Virtual School of Medical Education and Management, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2020 10 19 2020 12 19 Exposing medical students to real-world situations and clinical practice experiences during their education years can help them build their professional value frameworks. The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most challenging conditions that medical students have experienced; however, this pandemic have provided value-rich opportunities assisting in development and enhancement of their professional identity. This commentary aimed to emphasize the importance of medical students’ exposure to clinical practice during the pandemic and the potential that such encounters provide for internalizing values. https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/881 https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/download/881/349