An Evaluation of Neurosurgical Resident Education and Sentiment During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A North American Survey

Pelargos, Panayiotis; Chakraborty, Arijit; Zhao, Yan; Smith, Zachary A.; Dunn, Ian F.; Bauer, Andrew M.

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.263

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“…While residents are more concerned about decline in surgical case volume and the challenge of meeting minimum case requirements, early-career surgeons are more worried about practice changes, decreased compensation, and future job prospects. This difference has been echoed among other early-career surgeons with reports of rescinded promotions and job offers (36), and surgical trainees completing fellowship in search of jobs (37,38). Moreover, this observed difference between training levels reflects the need for training institutions' response to the pandemic to be catered support to level of training and professional development.…”

Section: Wellness Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Lived Experience of Surgical Residents, Fellows, and Early-Career Surgeons in the American College of Surgeons

Coleman

Abdelsattar

Glocker

et al. 2021

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

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Section: Wellness Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Lived Experience of Surgical Residents, Fellows, and Early-Career Surgeons in the American College of Surgeons

Coleman

Abdelsattar

Glocker

et al. 2021

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

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124

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“…[2][3][4] The recommendation was cemented across the United States when surgical departments were required to cancel all elective surgeries by executive order 5 to help to reduce the burden on the healthcare system during the pandemic. 6 Surveys of physicians across varied specialties have unanimously demonstrated marked disruptions in clinical practice due to the pandemic. [7][8][9][10] Interestingly, these disruptions encompass not only elective procedural volumes but also reductions in urgent and emergent procedures.…”

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Trends in academic productivity in the COVID-19 era: analysis of neurosurgical, stroke neurology, and neurointerventional literature

Lee

Mohanty

Albuquerque

et al. 2020

J NeuroIntervent Surg

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BackgroundAcademic physicians aim to provide clinical and surgical care to their patients while actively contributing to a growing body of scientific literature. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in procedural-based specialties across the United States witnessing a sharp decline in their clinical volume and surgical cases.ObjectiveTo assess the impact of COVID-19 on neurosurgical, stroke neurology, and neurointerventional academic productivity.MethodsThe study compared the neurosurgical, stroke neurology, and neurointerventional academic output during the pandemic lockdown with the same time period in previous years. Editors from a sample of neurosurgical, stroke neurology, and neurointerventional journals provided the total number of original manuscript submissions, broken down by months, from the year 2016 to 2020. Manuscript submission was used as a surrogate metric for academic productivity.Results8 journals were represented. The aggregated data from all eight journals as a whole showed that a combined average increase of 42.3% was observed on original submissions for 2020. As the average yearly percent increase using the 2016–2019 data for each journal exhibited a combined average increase of 11.2%, the rise in the yearly increase for 2020 in comparison was nearly fourfold. For the same journals in the same time period, the average percent of COVID-19 related publications from January to June of 2020 was 6.87%.ConclusionThere was a momentous increase in the number of original submissions for the year 2020, and its effects were uniformly experienced across all of our represented journals.

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“…drafted the survey questionnaire based on previously published studies on COVID-19 and neurosurgical practice. 7 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 The co-authors, who are consultant neurosurgeons involved in neurosurgical training in their respective countries, vetted the questions and revised items as necessary. The final survey instrument consisted of 33 questions ( Appendix A ) and took 5 minutes to complete.…”

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“… 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 Several letters to the editor and research articles have previously enumerated changes in neurosurgical education in North America, Europe, and Africa. 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 These data are lacking for Southeast Asian countries.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgical Training in Southeast Asia

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Objective Neurosurgery departments worldwide have been forced to restructure their training programs because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this study, we describe the impact of COVID-19 on neurosurgical training in Southeast Asia. Methods We conducted an online survey among neurosurgery residents in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand from May 22 to 31, 2020 using Google Forms. The 33-item questionnaire collected data on elective and emergency neurosurgical operations, ongoing learning activities, and health worker safety. Results A total of 298 of 470 neurosurgery residents completed the survey, equivalent to a 63% response rate. The decrease in elective neurosurgical operations in Indonesia and in the Philippines (median, 100% for both) was significantly greater compared with other countries ( P < 0.001). For emergency operations, trainees in Indonesia and Malaysia had a significantly greater reduction in their caseload (median, 80% and 70%, respectively) compared with trainees in Singapore and Thailand (median, 20% and 50%, respectively; P < 0.001). Neurosurgery residents were most concerned about the decrease in their hands-on surgical experience, uncertainty in their career advancement, and occupational safety in the workplace. Most of the residents ( n = 221, 74%) believed that the COVID-19 crisis will have a negative impact on their neurosurgical training overall. Conclusions An effective national strategy to control COVID-19 is crucial to sustain neurosurgical training and to provide essential neurosurgical services. Training programs in Southeast Asia should consider developing online learning modules and setting up simulation laboratories to allow trainees to systematically acquire knowledge and develop practical skills during these challenging times.

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An Evaluation of Neurosurgical Resident Education and Sentiment During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A North American Survey

Cited by 56 publications

References 11 publications

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Lived Experience of Surgical Residents, Fellows, and Early-Career Surgeons in the American College of Surgeons

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Lived Experience of Surgical Residents, Fellows, and Early-Career Surgeons in the American College of Surgeons

Trends in academic productivity in the COVID-19 era: analysis of neurosurgical, stroke neurology, and neurointerventional literature

Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgical Training in Southeast Asia

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