The importance of medical student perspectives on the impact of COVID-19

Kapila, Vaishali; Corthals, Simon; Langhendries, L.; Kapila, Ayush K; Everaert, Karel

doi:10.1002/bjs.11808

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“…Twenty-one were comments/ editorials/reviews broadly describing changes in residency programs during the pandemic, mostly published during the very initial phase of the outbreak ; some of them focused also on perspectives toward digital education and e-learning opportunities. [7][8][9][10][11]20,24 Four articles highlighted the viewpoint of medical students and urology applicants, [27][28][29][30] impaired by the reduced opportunity for rotations. 29 Fourteen articles consisted of surveys addressing residents' perception toward their learning during the pandemic, the redistribution of activity (including details on involvement on the care of COVID patients), opportunities for away rotations in surgical fields, subjective feelings, and burnout syndromes during the pandemic.…”

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COVID-19 and slowdown of residents’ activity: Feedback from a novel e-learning event and overview of the literature

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Objective: To evaluate the impact of an e-learning online event, created for supporting resident’s training during the slowdown of surgical and clinical activities caused by COVID-19 pandemic. An overview of PubMed literature depicting the state of the art of urology residency in the COVID-19 era was performed as well, to contextualize the issue. Methods: An online learning event for residents was set up at the beginning of the pandemic; the faculty consisted of experts in urology who provided on-line lectures and videos on surgical anatomy, procedures, updates in guidelines, technology, training. The audience was composed of 30–500 attendees from Italy, USA, India and Belgium. A questionnaire to analyze relevance, satisfaction and popularity of the lessons was mailed to 30 local residents. Results and limitations: Almost all residents defined the web environment suitable to achieve the learning outcomes; the method, the number and the competence of the faculty were appropriate/excellent. Most of the younger residents (81.8%) stated their surgical knowledge would improve after the course; 72.7% declared they would take advantage into routine inpatients clinical activity. Nineteen more expert residents agreed that the course would improve their surgical knowledge and enhance their practical skills; almost all stated that the initiative would change their outpatients and inpatients practice. Overall, 44 articles available in PubMed have addressed the concern of urological learning and training during the pandemic from different standpoints; four of them considered residents’ general perception towards web-based learning programs. Conclusions: The paper confirms residents’ satisfaction with e-learning methods and, to our knowledge, is the first one focusing on a specific event promptly settled up at the beginning of the outbreak. Web-based educational experience developed during the pandemic may represent the very basis for the implementation of prospective on-site training and overall scientific update of future urologists.

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COVID-19 and slowdown of residents’ activity: Feedback from a novel e-learning event and overview of the literature

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“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) radically alters the paradigm of medical education and hospital services. 3 Distance education encompasses different ways of studying at all levels, but it affects its effectiveness. 10 Online classes echo surrounding communities with profound events rather than with the possibilities of sporadic display of details on computers or purely utilitarian.…”

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“…The most vulnerable population was healthcare professionals and students, speci cally medical students, owing to the clinical nature of their study. 3 Keeping these in mind, educational institutions were closed for an unspeci ed duration. On-campus classes were terminated.…”

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Undergraduate Medical Education during Coronavirus Disease 2019: Scope and Limitations

Parveen

Hannan

Ghouri

et al. 2021

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Background: COVID-19 has highly impacted the education system and has created trends in online classes. To fill in the gap created by lockdown and to continue the uninterrupted learning process, educational institutions worldwide started organizing online classes. Although medical education is mostly practical, it is not safe to conduct on campus classes. This study aimed to measure the scope and limitations of online education and the overall impact of COVID-19 on the medical education system.Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study. Ethical approval was obtained from the ethical committee of the South Point Hospital. Informed consent was obtained. Self-administered questionnaires were administered to participants.Results: E-Learning opportunities were made available in 98.69% of cases; some student forums also participated. Among survey respondents, females predominated (57.39%), and 42% of respondents belonged to rural areas and small towns. Access and quality of internet during online classes was average to poor in 54%, and only 10% said it was good. Zoom was the platform for classes in 98% of situations, followed by Facebook live (41.05%), prerecorded video upload, YouTube link, etc. Sixty percent graded the quality of online classes as good, 10% excellent, and 5% bad. Approximately 43% of the participants evaluated online assessments as good. Of the respondents, 17% faced substantial stress, and 18% did not. Twenty-eight percent of the students faced huge mental stress during COVID-19.Conclusions: E-learning is a new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the opportunity, medical students benefited greatly, but there was a technological divide. There were also financial and mental stresses to a certain extent.

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“…With much reduced numbers of surgical cases during the surge responses to the pandemic, acute care surgeons changed how and what they communicated regarding the larger numbers of critically ill patients suddenly under their care [23,24], focusing on the provision of critical care and related procedures (e.g., bronchoscopy, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, tracheostomy) that are considered high-risk for viral dissemination [25], and the trauma [26,27] and emergency surgical patients [28] who continued to present. Surgeons of other specialties, who had less to do as the pandemic raged, provided invaluable service to their acute care surgical colleagues [29]; even solid-organ transplantation slowed [30][31][32], in part because of the high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 amongst listed potential recipients [33].…”

Section: Covid-19 and The Surgical Workforcementioning

confidence: 99%

Surgical Infection Society Guidance for Restoration of Surgical Services during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic

Barie

Hunter

et al. 2021

Surgical Infections

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Background: As the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues globally, high numbers of new infections are developing nationwide, particularly in the U.S. Midwest and along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The need to accommodate growing numbers of hospitalized patients has led facilities in affected areas to suspend anew or curtail normal hospital activities, including elective surgery, even as earlier-affected areas normalized surgical services. Backlogged surgical cases now number in the tens of millions globally. Facilities will be hard-pressed to address these backlogs, even absent the recrudescence of COVID-19. This document provides guidance for the safe and effective resumption of surgical services as circumstances permit. Methods: Review and synthesis of pertinent international peer-reviewed literature, with integration of expert opinion. Results: The ''second-wave'' of serious infections is placing the healthcare system under renewed stress. Surgical teams likely will encounter persons harboring the virus, whether symptomatic or not. Continued vigilance and protection of patients and staff remain paramount. Reviewed are the impact of COVID-19 on the surgical workforce, considerations for operating on a COVID-19 patient and the outcomes of such operations, the size and nature of the surgical backlog, and the logistics of resumption, including organizational considerations, patient and staff safety, preparation of the surgical candidate, and the role of enhanced recovery programs to reduce morbidity, length of stay, and cost by rational, equitable resource utilization. Conclusions: Resumption of surgical services requires institutional commitment (including teams of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, dieticians, and administrators). Structured protocols and equitable implementation programs, and iterative audit, planning, and integration will improve outcomes, enhance safety, preserve resources, and reduce cost, all of which will contribute to safe and successful reduction of the surgical backlog.

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The importance of medical student perspectives on the impact of COVID-19

Cited by 30 publications

References 6 publications

COVID-19 and slowdown of residents’ activity: Feedback from a novel e-learning event and overview of the literature

COVID-19 and slowdown of residents’ activity: Feedback from a novel e-learning event and overview of the literature

Undergraduate Medical Education during Coronavirus Disease 2019: Scope and Limitations

Surgical Infection Society Guidance for Restoration of Surgical Services during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic

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