Challenges facing medical education in psychiatry during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bahadur, Alexander; Rosen, Ben; Preisman, Mary

doi:10.36834/cmej.71020

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“…Remarkably, trainees hardly talked about the effects on the doctor-patient relationship. Bahadur et al [ 11 ] described how a meaningful therapeutic relationship is established through connection between the doctor and the patient, something that was potentially inhibited during the pandemic due to the switch to online clinics.…”

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“…Trainees, supervisors, policymakers and researchers have voiced concerns that the service reconfigurations implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic substantially impacted trainees and their training environment [2,4,[10][11][12][13][14]. A dearth of patients limits trainees' clinical and surgical exposure [12], virtual consultations limit trainees' opportunities to benefit from teacher-trainee 'bedside teaching' [15] and trainees' mental wellbeing may be adversely affected [13].…”

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A national qualitative investigation of the impact of service change on doctors’ training during Covid-19

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Background The Covid-19 crisis sparked service reconfigurations in healthcare systems worldwide. With postgraduate medical education sitting within these systems, service reconfigurations substantially impact trainees and their training environment. This study aims to provide an in-depth qualitative understanding of the impact of service reconfiguration on doctors’ training during the pandemic, identifying opportunities for the future as well as factors that pose risks to education and training and how these might be mitigated. Methods Qualitative parallel multi-centre case studies examined three Trusts/Health Boards in two countries in the United Kingdom. Data were collected from online focus groups and interviews with trainees and supervisors using semi-structured interview guides (September to December 2020). A socio-cultural model of workplace learning, the expansive-restrictive continuum, informed data gathering, analysis of focus groups and coding. Results Sixty-six doctors participated, representing 25 specialties/subspecialties. Thirty-four participants were male, 26 were supervisors, 17 were specialty trainees and 23 were foundation doctors. Four themes described the impact of pandemic-related service reconfigurations on training: (1) Development of skills and job design, (2) Supervision and assessments, (3) Teamwork and communication, and (4) Workload and wellbeing. Service changes were found to both facilitate and hinder education and training, varying across sites, specialties, and trainees’ grades. Trainees’ jobs were redesigned extensively, and many trainees were redeployed to specialties requiring extra workforce during the pandemic. Conclusions The rapid and unplanned service reconfigurations during the pandemic caused unique challenges and opportunities to doctors’ training. This impaired trainees’ development in their specialty of interest, but also presented new opportunities such as cross-boundary working and networking.

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A national qualitative investigation of the impact of service change on doctors’ training during Covid-19

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“…This was severely disrupted by this pandemic, posing a big challenge in front of psychiatry trainees. 11 Many residents and teachers themselves got infected with the virus, disrupting the training. These important reasons for the loss of academics documented in our study are similar to the few quoted in commentary articles and studies assessing the psychological impact of the pandemic on residents.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Postgraduate Psychiatry Teaching- Learning and Evaluation in India: A Nationwide Survey

Deshmukh

Patil

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et al. 2022

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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Background: COVID-19 pandemic had disrupted postgraduate (PG) medical education in India. This study aimed to assess PG teaching, learning, evaluation (TLE), and innovative TLE methods used during the pandemic. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey using Google Forms to seek anonymous responses from psychiatry teachers across India. Information about PG TLE, postings in COVID-19 care units, methods of teaching adopted in different settings, difficulties faced, and methods of evaluation used were sought in responses. Descriptive statistics methods were used for analysis. Results: The pandemic led to compromised TLE opportunities for the students. Posting of students and teachers in COVID-19 wards for an average of 15 months, students and teachers getting COVID-19, conversion of psychiatry wards to COVID-19 wards, and reduced number of outpatients and inpatients impaired the teaching-learning opportunities. For examination, the evaluation was done with limited standards, like using dummy patients or case vignettes. A few innovative TLE methods were also used during the pandemic. Conclusions: COVID-19 pandemic had led to sub-optimal PG TLE. Teachers suggested many alternative and flexible TLE methods and platforms.

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“…Challenges facing medical education in psychiatry during the COVID-19 pandemic by Bahadur et al 26 commented on how COVID-19 affects the interpersonal nature of psychiatry education. They urged educators to determine how to provide effective psychiatric medical education in light of pandemic.…”

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2021

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Challenges facing medical education in psychiatry during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 5 publications

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A national qualitative investigation of the impact of service change on doctors’ training during Covid-19

A national qualitative investigation of the impact of service change on doctors’ training during Covid-19

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Postgraduate Psychiatry Teaching- Learning and Evaluation in India: A Nationwide Survey

Some of the best articles of our first 10 years (and perhaps some of the best of the next decade)

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