Impact of Elective Case Postponement Secondary to COVID-19 on General Surgery Residents’ Experience: Operative Cases Logged at Three Academic Teaching Hospitals

Lund, Sarah; Hinduja, Pranav; Stulak, John M.; Elli, Enrique F.; Mishra, Nitin; Farres, Houssam; Rivera, Mariela

doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.04.021

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“…A decrease in the number of surgeries has a significant impact on the training of young physicians. While Italy and the United States reported a shortage of cases for their surgical education programs, some states experienced delays of about 1 month, but stated that there have been no issues thereafter 10–13 . In this study, the decrease in surgeries for benign diseases was small compared to that in other countries; thus, there seems to have been no impact on the practicing surgeons so far.…”

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Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on surgery for benign diseases in gynecology: A nationwide survey by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Komatsu

Nakagawa

Yamagami

et al. 2022

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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Aim This study aimed to clarify the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on gynecology practice in Japan, in particular, on surgeries for benign gynecological diseases. Methods An online questionnaire was distributed to 966 facilities in Japan, including core facilities, facilities participating in perinatal and gynecologic oncology registries, and facilities certified for training by the Japanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Endoscopy. The number of surgeries performed was compared between 2019 and 2020, when the novel coronavirus disease was prevalent. Results Five hundred and eighty (58.2%) facilities responded. The total number of surgeries decreased from 129 648 in 2019 to 118 565 in 2020, by 8.5%, for all surgical procedures. However, there was a clear increase in the number of robotic surgeries performed in 2020 compared to that in 2019 for all populations. The number of total hysterectomies decreased markedly from 15 385 in 2019 to 12 531 in 2020, a fall of 10.1%. Conclusions The number of surgeries for benign gynecological diseases decreased by 8.5% in 2020 compared to that in 2019. This value is among the lowest in the world.

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Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on surgery for benign diseases in gynecology: A nationwide survey by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Komatsu

Nakagawa

Yamagami

et al. 2022

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical training in the United States

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Cui,

Loanzon

et al. 2025

The American Journal of Surgery

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Maximizing Benefit of Virtual Learning: Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

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Adams

Chick

et al. 2022

Journal of Surgical Research

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted surgical education. We assessed resident perceptions of our virtual academic program, which consists of daily lectures or case conferences held via a video-conferencing platform. Materials and Methods A survey evaluating attitudes and practices for virtual academics was administered to general surgery residents. A focus group was conducted to identify benefits, barriers to engagement, and opportunities for improvement for virtual education. A total of 19 residents completed the education survey and seven residents participated in the focus group. Results While expressing preference towards in-person academics (84.2%), residents felt the virtual academics were of good quality (median rating 4/5), and preferred virtual academics to no academic sessions (94.7%). Of respondents, 57.9% believe that COVID-19 negatively impacted their surgical education. They believe ABSITE preparation was not impacted. Residents preferred using a computer over a phone for academics (79% vs. 16%). The focus group identified benefits of virtual academics, including ability to participate while away and recordings available. Areas for improvement included reinforcement of protected time for academics, requiring cameras be on, increasing in-lecture polls, and creation of an online repository of recordings for review. Residents hoped a virtual component of academics and recordings would continue past the pandemic. Conclusions Although virtual academics are not the preferred mode of learning in our residency, there are multiple unintended benefits. We recommend a hybrid academic model with in-person didactics and recorded video for later review.

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Impact of Elective Case Postponement Secondary to COVID-19 on General Surgery Residents’ Experience: Operative Cases Logged at Three Academic Teaching Hospitals

Cited by 4 publications

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Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on surgery for benign diseases in gynecology: A nationwide survey by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on surgery for benign diseases in gynecology: A nationwide survey by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical training in the United States

Maximizing Benefit of Virtual Learning: Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

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