The COVID-19 pandemics has deeply impacted academic teaching and forced a complete shift to distance learning formats during the first and second waves. Medical education, among other professional training programs, relies also on practical and clinical immersion, while some of these clinical activities had to be postponed. This article analyzes how one medical school was able to maintain its teaching while ensuring clinical training and taking into account the psychological impact imputed to the lockdown. It also highlights the learning opportunities and unprecedented life experiences contributing to the training of tomorrow's physicians.