A Continental Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgical Training in Africa.
World Neurosurg
; 147: e8-e15, 2021 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-917449
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Containment measures for COVID-19 have affected surgical training globally. We sought to assess how neurosurgical training has been affected across Africa in April 2020.METHODS:
A cross-sectional survey was distributed to African Neurosurgical trainees seeking to review demographics and effects of COVID on training.RESULTS:
A total of 123 neurosurgery trainees responded from 23 African countries and a further 6 were abroad. A total of 91.80% were men, and 96.70% were training in public institutions. Only 41% had received training in COVID-19 with 61.79% worried that they would contract COVID-19 while performing their clinical duties. There was a marked reduction in clinical activities including a median reduction of elective surgery (-80%), clinics (-83%), and emergency surgery (-38.50%). A total of 23.58% of residents did not receive a formal salary, with 50% on less than $1000 USD gross per month.CONCLUSIONS:
This is the first continental survey of neurosurgery trainees in Africa. COVID-19 has significantly affected clinical and learning opportunities. There are concerns of the long-term effects on their training activities for an uncertain period of time during this pandemic. Although there has been a global increase in e-learning, there is need to evaluate if this is accessible to all trainees.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Elective Surgical Procedures
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Ambulatory Care
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COVID-19
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Income
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Internship and Residency
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Neurosurgery
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
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:
World Neurosurg
Journal subject:
Neurosurgery
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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