Analysis of the impact of the pandemic on surgical residency programs during the first wave in Argentina: A cross - sectional study.
Ann Med Surg (Lond)
; 62: 455-459, 2021 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1051438
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
COVID - 19 emerged as a global pandemic in 2020 and affected the teaching methods at all levels. Surgical education has also been significantly affected by this pandemic, but the effect remains unknown. We developed a survey in order to obtain more information on how this pandemic affected the training and education of surgical residency programs. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Cross-sectional study. We surveyed 195 residents of various surgical programs, from August 20th to September 30th, 2020, in Córdoba, Argentina. The effect of the COVID - 19 pandemic was analyzed on surgical training, on the academic program, and professional burnout.RESULTS:
The volume of surgical cases performed during the pandemic decreased dramatically, affecting mainly residents of lower years. Comparing the number of cases (>7) that residents carried out per week (Pre pandemic vs pandemic), we found that PGY - 1 47% vs 9%; p = 0.01 and PGY - 2 46% vs 8%; p = 0.03. 83.2% reported that the impact of the pandemic affected their surgical training negatively and 45% were not adequately trained to carry out their surgical activity in the residency program. On the other hand, 71.3% affirmed that this health emergency allowed them to dedicate more time to the development of their academic training.CONCLUSION:
This is the first cross - sectional survey study that shows the impact of the pandemic on surgical residences during the first wave in Argentina. Surgical training performed by residents had a negative impact.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Argentina
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Med Surg (Lond)
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.amsu.2021.01.065
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