The effect of COVID-19 on higher plastic surgery training in the UK: A national survey of impact and damage limitation

Ibrahim, N. B. N.; Rich, Harvey; Ali, Stephen R; Whitaker, Iain S.

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2021.02.002

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“…This was actioned following redeployment of foundation and core trainees to the general medical COVID rota. There has been an impact on plastic surgery training nationally 20 , and many of the registrars changed their research focus and increased their managerial duties to contribute support to efforts relating to the COVID pandemic.…”

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Rapid redesign and effect on clinical workload of a supra-regional burns and plastic surgery service during the COVID-19 pandemic

Leong

Malik

et al. 2022

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery

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Rapid redesign and effect on clinical workload of a supra-regional burns and plastic surgery service during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Malik

et al. 2022

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery

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“…Of the studies included in the review, 17 discussed the results of surveys completed by trainees and distributed by a number of different organizations [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Two of the surveys [2,3] were completed by foundation doctors, a doctor who will be in their first two years of working following graduation, within a single region in the UK.…”

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“…Two of the surveys [2,3] were completed by foundation doctors, a doctor who will be in their first two years of working following graduation, within a single region in the UK. The remaining 15 studies [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] were national surveys of trainees within a single specialty, facilitated by the training bodies responsible for the training within each of those specialties. These studies produced quantitative data from the answers to the survey questions and qualitative data as they included an option for free text responses, allowing trainees to express specific concerns or impacts that they felt.…”

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“…The impact of organized formal teaching being changed to a virtual platform was investigated by one study [24]. Surgery was the specialty that had the greatest number of studies ( 14) on the topic [4,5,[8][9][10][11][14][15][16][17][18][19]21,23]. Four were not associated with any particular specialty [2,3,22,24].…”

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“…NHS hospitals in England were told to stop all non-urgent elective surgery for three months [28] with guidance from the Federation of Surgical Specialties [29]. The number of studies included in this review highlighted the reduction in trainees gaining operating experience during this time across a broad range of surgical specialties [8,9,11,[14][15][16]. There was a consensus from trainees that the lack of operator experience would require an extension to training time in order to achieve the required competencies [4,12], which was the case for one in eight surgical trainees according to one study [10].…”

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Postgraduate Training of Doctors in the United Kingdom: A Narrative Review

Ahmed¹

2022

Cureus

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruption to healthcare systems globally. The delivery of medical education was consequently impacted as a result of this. In order to move past the pandemic, we must identify the gaps in postgraduate education. This literature review examines studies focusing on postgraduate training in the United Kingdom (UK) and attempts to bring together the issues that have been highlighted in these studies and the impact that this has had on trainees. It is important for the providers of healthcare education to have an understanding of the impacts of this disruption in order to maintain the quality of postgraduate medical education. Health Education England, along with the Royal Colleges, has published a report that sets a framework on how these issues can be addressed, with some of these changes starting to be implemented in 2022.

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Broadening Horizons: a 3-month structured webinar series for undergraduate and postgraduate plastic surgery education

Boyce,

Jordan,

Ramjee

et al. 2024

Eur J Plast Surg

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Background We created a 3-month webinar series, entitled Broadening Horizons, which explored plastic surgery principles from each subspeciality according to the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme (ISCP) for plastic surgery. This article reports on our experience of producing a teaching programme, its impact on our delegates, and provides a useful guide to creating future webinar series in plastic surgery and other specialities. Methods Pre- and post-course questionnaires were used to perform a needs analysis, collect feedback and assess our delegates’ career interests and perceptions of plastic surgery. Delegates rated their responses on 5-point Likert scales. Delegates also undertook a 60-question pre- and post-course exam to test their knowledge. Results One thousand eight attendances were recorded for the entire 16-part webinar series. Sixty-three (53–73) delegates, including undergraduate, postgraduate and international students, attended each lecture on average. Seventy-five percent of delegates felt they had previously received inadequate plastic surgery teaching. Ninety-six percent were satisfied or very satisfied with Broadening Horizons. Confidence in their knowledge of plastic surgery increased significantly from 2 (1–3) (not very confident) to 3 (2–5) (somewhat confident) (p = 0.01). Post-course exam scores increased significantly from 49% (32–67) to 56% (23–85) (p = 0.05). Career interest and positive perceptions were maintained. Conclusions This is the first webinar series to provide undergraduates and postgraduates plastic surgery teaching based on ISCP learning objectives. The series increased delegates’ knowledge and confidence in their understanding of plastic surgery. This article describes the 5-E-Z step guide to developing future teaching programmes similar to Broadening Horizons. Level of evidence Not ratable

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The effect of COVID-19 on higher plastic surgery training in the UK: A national survey of impact and damage limitation

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Rapid redesign and effect on clinical workload of a supra-regional burns and plastic surgery service during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rapid redesign and effect on clinical workload of a supra-regional burns and plastic surgery service during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Impact of COVID-19 on Postgraduate Training of Doctors in the United Kingdom: A Narrative Review

Broadening Horizons: a 3-month structured webinar series for undergraduate and postgraduate plastic surgery education

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