An Adapted Online Family Medicine Training for House Officers Amid Covid-19 Pandemic in Egypt.
J Prim Care Community Health
; 12: 21501327211017007, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1228977
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge to house officers training programs because of the safety measures.OBJECTIVE:
This current study aimed to introduce the adaptation of family medicine training for house officers during COVID-19 pandemic and gauge their level of satisfaction with the training.METHODS:
Unfortunately, more than one-fourth of the house officers attending the family medicine training turned out to be hospital-admitted or in obligatory home isolation. A time-sensitive plan was proposed to maintain a competent training guaranteeing safety and support of house officers and fulfilling the training objectives in a virtual setting. Three mentors were assigned to each 10 house officers to provide continuous support and monitoring. Tutor and house officer interaction and reflection were maintained through a virtual clinical training session via Zoom application and a daily online discussion of a clinical scenario. Peer interaction was provided through post-webinar and small-group online discussion sessions.RESULTS:
The adapted training was applied on thirteen cohorts of house officers. The response rate was 70% (666 out of 950). Most of them were satisfied with the training (84.6%). Their satisfaction with each modality of the training was encouraging.CONCLUSIONS:
During COVID-19 pandemic, successful adaptation of family medicine training has succeeded in fulfilling the training objectives and providing psychological support and engagement for house officers without burdening the hospital-admitted and home-isolated house officers.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Physicians, Family
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Family Practice
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
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Internship and Residency
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Prim Care Community Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
21501327211017007
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