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Internet of medical things (IoMT) has made it possible to collect applications and medical devices for improving healthcare information technology. Today, limitations in technology enable COVID-19 call centers to restrict the number of calls per day. To this end, the unprecedented virality of COVID-19 makes call centers to be likely overstressed. Thus, people who are tested for COVID-19 virus may not get adequate guidance to manage and minimize both its risk and transmission. In addition, lack of patients privacy has restricted the sharing of COVID-19 data among health institutions. To resolve the above mentioned limitations, this paper proposes privacy infrastructure based on federated learning and blockchain technology. The proposed infrastructure has the potentials to enhance public communication and deliver alternative methods to disseminate COVID-19 information. Also, the proposed infrastructure can effectively resolve the issue of large data silos and provide a shared model while preserving the privacy of data owners. Furthermore, information security and privacy analyses show that the proposed infrastructure is robust against information security related attacks.
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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic that strucked the world had changed the global health system and caused changes in clinical practice and practitioners' exposure. The aim of this research is to study the perception of UKM Obstetrics and gynaecology postgraduate students about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on their specialist training. Methods: The survey had been carried out through Google Form among students enrolled in Doctor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (DROG) program in UKM and consist of three sections;socio-demographic information, changes in role during COVID-19 and perception towards training. Quantitative analysis performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Results: Out of 47 respondents, 13 were working in MOH hospitals, 17 in UKM Hospital and 17 in both MOH and UKM hospitals. Total of 32 students (68.1%) felt increment in seeing obstetric patients and 31 students (65.9%) performed more obstetric procedures during COVID-19 pandemic. For gynaecology, 29 students (61.7%) claimed had been seeing less gynaecological patients and 40 students (85.1%) performed less gynaecological surgeries. Total of 35 students (74.5%) agreed that COVID-19 pandemic had affected their mental well-being and 42 students (89.4%) agreed their social well-being had been affected. Total of 43 trainees (91.5%) agreed that COVID-19 pandemic had negatively impacted their surgical skills in gynaecology and 38 students (80.1%) claimed their overall learning opportunities had been affected. Mean for training perception score is 52.53 and there is no significant difference in score mean among students according to difference in study year and training hospitals. Conclusion: COVID-19 pandemic had caused negative impact to the specialty training among Obstetrics & Gynaecology postgraduate students in UKM. © 2022 UPM Press. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic that struck the world had changed the global health system and caused changes in clinical practice and practitioners' exposure. The aim of this research is to study the perception of UKM Obstetrics and Gynaecology postgraduate students about the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on their specialist training. Methods: The survey had been carried out through Google Form among students enrolled in Doctor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (DROG) program in UKM and consist of three sections: socio-demographic information, changes in role during Covid-19 and perception towards training. Quantitative analysis performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Results: Out of 47 respondents, 13 were working in MOH hospitals, 17 in UKM Hospital and 17 in both MOH and UKM hospitals. 32 students (68.1%) felt increment in seeing obstetric patients and 31 students (65.9%) performed more obstetric procedures during Covid-19 pandemic. 29 students (61.7%) claimed had been seeing less gynaecological patients and 40 students (85.1%) performed less gynaecological surgeries. Total of 35 students (74.5%) agreed that Covid-19 pandemic had affected their mental well-being and 42 students (89.4%) agreed their social well-being had been affected. 43 trainees (91.5%) agreed that Covid-19 pandemic had negatively impacted their surgical skills in gynaecology. Mean for training perception score is 52.53 and there is no significant difference in mean score among students according to difference in study year and training hospitals. Conclusion: Covid-19 pandemic had caused negative impact to the specialty training among Obstetrics & Gynaecology postgraduate students in UKM.
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Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic that struck the world had caused changes in clinical practice and practitioners' clinical exposure. This research aims to identify the challenges faced by UKM obstetrics and gynaecology postgraduate students during their specialist training during Covid-19 pandemic and to explore their suggestion on how to improve training. Methods: Participants were students enrolled in Doctor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (DROG) program in UKM in 2020 and 2021. The questionnaire consist of validated open ended question on perceived challenges and suggestion for University & MOH on how to improve the training aspects. Qualitative analysis was performed using content and thematic analysis. Results: Out of 47 respondents, 13 were working in MOH hospitals, 17 in UKM Hospital and 17 in both MOH and UKM hospitals. Thirty-nine respondents (83%) claimed their workload had increased during this pandemic and four (8.5%) had been deployed to Covid-19 unit. Main challenges faced by students are lack of clinical skills training and lack of face-to-face teaching due to Movement Control Order (MCO). Content and thematic analysis on the suggestion to improve training during Covid-19 pandemic had highlighted four themes, namely: 'diversify teaching and learning methods' (10 responds), 'increase clinical exposure' (5 responds), 'to be returned to Obstetrics & Gynaecology unit' (3 responds) and 'institutional management' (2 responds).Conclusion: Covid-19 pandemic and MCO had caused negative impacts to clinical specialist training among our respondents. It is important to encourage collaborative effort and synergetic actions between the universities and health ministry to minimize negative impacts on specialist training.