COVID-19 impact on Surgical Training and Recovery Planning (COVID-STAR) - A cross-sectional observational study.
Int J Surg
; 88: 105903, 2021 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1114457
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant changes to healthcare systems which impact the delivery of surgical training. This study aimed to investigate the qualitative impact of COVID-19 on surgical training in the United Kingdom (UK) & Republic of Ireland (ROI)METHODS:
This national, collaborative, cross-sectional study involving 13 surgical trainee associations distributed a pan-surgical specialty questionnaire on the impact of COVID-19 on surgical training over 4 weeks in May 2020. Various aspects of training were assessed.RESULTS:
810 completed responses were analysed (malesâ¯=â¯401, femalesâ¯=â¯390) from all deaneries and training grades. The perceived negative overall impact of the pandemic on surgical training experience was significant. (Weighted averageâ¯=â¯8.66). 41% of respondents (nâ¯=â¯301) were redeployed with 74% redeployed for >4 weeks. Complete loss of training was reported in elective operating (69.5%), outpatient activity (67.3%) and endoscopy (69.5%). A reduction of >50% was reported in emergency operating (48%) and completion of work-based assessments (WBAs) (46%). 3.3% (nâ¯=â¯17) of respondents reported plans to leave medicine altogether. Cancellations in study leave and regional teaching programmes without rescheduling were reported in 72% and 60% of the cohort respectively. Elective operative exposure and WBAs completion were the primary reported factors affecting potential trainee progression. Only 9% of trainees reported that they would definitely meet all required competencies.CONCLUSION:
COVID-19 has had a negative impact on surgical training across all grades and specialties, with implications for trainee progression, recruitment and retention of the surgical workforce. Further investigation of the long-term impact at a national level is required.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Specialties, Surgical
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Surg
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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