2021
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n659
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Covid-19 leaves surgical training in crisis

Abstract: Urgent restoration of training is critical to the UK’s future surgical workforce

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“…31 Moving forward, urgent restoration of operating theatre training opportunities will be crucial to achieve surgical competencies required for continued career progression. 32 Despite the disruption to training for junior doctors undergoing redeployment to intensive care TA B L E 4 Adjusted analysis of factors associated with doctors reporting an overall negative impact on training/learning during the COVID-19 pandemic…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…31 Moving forward, urgent restoration of operating theatre training opportunities will be crucial to achieve surgical competencies required for continued career progression. 32 Despite the disruption to training for junior doctors undergoing redeployment to intensive care TA B L E 4 Adjusted analysis of factors associated with doctors reporting an overall negative impact on training/learning during the COVID-19 pandemic…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…40 In the UK, current trends being adopted include introducing elective surgical training within the independent sector, individualising training trajectories, expanding e-learning and simulation platforms for all specialties and establishing online examinations. 32 Acknowledgement of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on doctors' learning and flexibility surrounding doctors' portfolios and learning requirements will be imperative to enable them to achieve their maximum potential moving forward. [41][42][43][44] The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to encourage and inspire medical professionals to change their approach to training and learning which will ultimately improve the care we offer to our patients.…”
Section: Overall Negative Impact On Doctor's Training/learning or (95% Ci) P-valuementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Even if medical students do have access to clinical learning environments, the marked decrease in operative caseload globally [ 25 ] further limits opportunities for surgical education at all levels of training. With postgraduate surgical trainees having difficulty completing the required number of procedures for their training [ 26 ], medical students are unlikely to be prioritised for surgical education in wards and theatres.…”
Section: Impact Of Covid-19mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Except for a few cases of residents from hospitals less affected by the pandemic, who have not seen their training program substantially altered, 53% are in favor of extending their residency by at least 6 months, while 37.7% of them believe it necessary to extend it by a full year [27]. Although these numbers demonstrate that the duration and intensity of the pandemic have impacted residents at different levels depending on their location, these numbers are su ciently conclusive and well supported so as to oblige health authorities to implement measures to alleviate training shortcomings and de ciencies [28].…”
Section: Loss Of Time On Residents' Training and Proposal For Recoverymentioning
confidence: 99%