ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic forced residency programs to adapt teaching to the virtual arena. Objective Structured Teaching Exercises (OSTEs) are a simulation-based session we previously implemented in our in-person pediatric curriculum. We aimed to assess feasibility of and resident satisfaction with the transition to virtual learning for simulation-based OSTEs. METHODS: The pediatrics residency program at our hospital has a weekly academic half-day for residents where the OSTEs were held annually in person 2018 to 2019 and virtually in 2020. Surveys were collected from participating residents and faculty to compare teaching experience, feedback quality, and satisfaction with the session. RESULTS: Over 3 academic years, there were 159 total teaching sessions, 3 of which were OSTEs. The OSTE session was highly rated each year and was the second highest rated virtual session. Residents felt the OSTEs improved their teaching regardless of the virtual versus in-person platform (Pâ¯=â¯.77), and the quality of feedback as rated by the resident teacher was higher for virtual sessions (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Transitioning the OSTE to a virtual platform was both feasible and effective when compared to the in-person OSTE. In the transition to virtual learning, educators should consider opportunities for simulation-based teaching such as OSTEs.
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COVID-19 , Internship and Residency , Child , Curriculum , Education, Medical, Graduate , Humans , SARS-CoV-2 , TeachingSubject(s)
COVID-19/complications , Global Health , Adolescent , COVID-19/diagnosis , COVID-19/epidemiology , Child , Communicable Diseases/diagnosis , Communicable Diseases/microbiology , Communicable Diseases/virology , Humans , Molecular Diagnostic Techniques , Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/diagnosis , Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Clinical features of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 are nonspecific. In this retrospective cohort study of 39 patients evaluated for MIS-C, 11 had non-SARS-CoV-2 infections, 3 of whom were also diagnosed with MIS-C. Clinical features were similar in patients with MIS-C and patients with non-SARS-CoV-2 infections. Clinicians should consider non-SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients undergoing MIS-C evaluation.