Letter to the Editor “Virtual Neurosurgery Clerkship for Medical Students”

Dawoud, Reem A.; Philbrick, Brandon; McMahon, James T.; Douglas, J. Miller; Bhatia, Neil; Faraj, Razan; Greven, Alex; Buster, Bryan; Rindler, Rima S.; Laxpati, Nealen G.; Gary, Matthew F.

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.085

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“…Beyond the residency program's digital presence, additional opportunities for pre-interview day interaction with applicants include remote electives or ''virtual away rotations''. Several specialties have adopted virtual rotation experiences, including emergency medicine, 36 neurological surgery, 37 and otolaryngology. 38 Social enterprise networks such as Slack have been previously used to provide asynchronous curricula for medical students 39 and residents, 40 and could also be opened to potential applicants.…”

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confidence: 99%

Reimagining Residency Selection: Part 1—A Practical Guide to Recruitment in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Haas

Sternberg

et al. 2020

Journal of Graduate Medical Education

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Section: Conveying Your ''Brand'' Via Quality Contentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reimagining Residency Selection: Part 1—A Practical Guide to Recruitment in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Haas

Sternberg

et al. 2020

Journal of Graduate Medical Education

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“…51 Despite the fact that virtual neurosurgical teaching cannot replace practical training, several centers implemented day-to-day strategies to combine the instructional, clinical, and surgical experience through the use of teleconferences concerning specific neurosurgical topics to continue the evaluation of students. [52][53][54]…”

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Reconversion of neurosurgical practice in times of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a narrative review of the literature and guideline implementation in a Mexican neurosurgical referral center

Díaz-Bello

Hernández-Hernández

Guinto-Nishimura

et al. 2020

Neurosurgical Focus

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OBJECTIVEThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has forced the modification of surgical practice worldwide. Medical centers have been adapted to provide an efficient arrangement of their economic and human resources. Although neurosurgeons are not in the first line of management and treatment of COVID-19 patients, they take care of patients with neurological pathology and potential severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Here, the authors describe their institutional actions against the pandemic and compare these actions with those in peer-reviewed publications.METHODSThe authors conducted a search using the MEDLINE, PubMed, and Google Scholar databases from the beginning of the pandemic until July 11, 2020, using the following terms: “Neurosurgery,” “COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2,” “reconversion/modification,” “practice,” “academy,” and “teaching.” Then, they created operational guidelines tailored for their institution to maximize resource efficiency and minimize risk for the healthcare personnel.RESULTSAccording to the reviewed literature, the authors defined the following three changes that have had the greatest impact in neurosurgical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: 1) changes in clinical practices; 2) changes in the medical care setting, including modifications of perioperative care; and 3) changes in the academic teaching methodology.CONCLUSIONSThe Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía “Manuel Velasco Suárez” is one of the major referral centers for treating highly complex neurosurgical pathologies in Mexico. Its clinical and neurosurgical practices have been modified with the implementation of specific interventions against the spread of COVID-19. These practical and simple actions are remarkably relevant in the context of the pandemic and can be adopted and suited by other healthcare centers according to their available resources to better prepare for the next event.

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“…In spite of this increased amount of use, a review by Pourmand et al [5] highlighted that nearly 40% of medical schools did not offer any formal instruction in telemedicine as part of their curriculum in the 2017-2018 academic year. Without a standardized curriculum or learning objectives, medical schools and residency programs have independently adapted and created new web-based clerkships and telemedicine electives for medical students and trainees during the pandemic [6][7][8]. These web-based experiences provide opportunities for advancing students' clinical education but often have either limited or no patient interaction components [9].…”

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Incorporating Medical Students Into Primary Care Telehealth Visits: Tutorial (Preprint)

Balaji¹,

Clever²

2020

Preprint

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UNSTRUCTURED Abstract With the of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care systems began using virtual technology to connect participants. Incorporating medical students into this new platform for health care delivery is challenging and not well described in the literature. This manuscript describes our experience with integrating a medical student in an Internal Medicine continuity clinic elective. We describe the technology used; key steps in preparing the student and patients; and maintenance of the educational value of the elective over four primary care telehealth sessions. Through this experience, we conclude that medical students can be integrated into virtual clinics can be done successfully. Telemedicine has a valuable role in health care, and medical students must be exposed to this.

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Letter to the Editor “Virtual Neurosurgery Clerkship for Medical Students”

Cited by 12 publications

References 13 publications

Reimagining Residency Selection: Part 1—A Practical Guide to Recruitment in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Reimagining Residency Selection: Part 1—A Practical Guide to Recruitment in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Reconversion of neurosurgical practice in times of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a narrative review of the literature and guideline implementation in a Mexican neurosurgical referral center

Incorporating Medical Students Into Primary Care Telehealth Visits: Tutorial (Preprint)

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