Recovery of Skill Decay After COVID-19 Redeployments and Implications for Competency Attainment

Nofi, Colleen; Roberts, Bailey; Demyan, Lyudmyla; Balakrishnan, Nalini; DePeralta, Danielle K.; Coppa, Gene F.; Patel, Vihas

doi:10.1016/j.jss.2022.12.035

Journal of Surgical Research

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.12.035

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Recovery of Skill Decay After COVID-19 Redeployments and Implications for Competency Attainment

Colleen Nofi

Bailey Roberts

Lyudmyla Demyan

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“…[1][2][3][4] This is caused by not only decreased surgical clinical volumes during formative years of surgical training but also altered deployment activities and lack of in-person educational adjuncts for teaching techniques and surgical anatomy (eg, fixation courses, cadaver dissections). 5,6 As a result of this constellation of unique challenges, many residents and fellows, through no fault of their own, are potentially less experienced than similar level trainees in the prepandemic era, perhaps by 1 year or more.…”

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The “Loss Years” of Residency Education: Overcoming COVID-19 Learning Gaps among Trainees

Susarla,

Friedrich,

Chung

2024

Plastic &Amp; Reconstructive Surgery

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The “Loss Years” of Residency Education: Overcoming COVID-19 Learning Gaps among Trainees

Susarla,

Friedrich,

Chung

2024

Plastic &Amp; Reconstructive Surgery

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“…One small study suggested a rapid recovery of skill decay and confidence, although many factors such as subsequent pandemic waves, mental health, and career choices were not assessed. 11 Anecdotal evidence has suggested that academic neurosurgery is experiencing meaningful negative long-term impacts from the pandemic. As a result, the Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS) assembled a task force to address this critical question.…”

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An assessment of the long-term impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on academic neurosurgery

Harland

Pilitsis

Selden

et al. 2023

Journal of Neurosurgery

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OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to survey residents, fellows, and residency program leadership to assess the long-term impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on residency training by using a structured survey methodology. METHODS A survey was distributed to US neurosurgical residents and fellows (n = 2085) as well as program directors (PDs) and chairs (n = 216) in early 2022. Bivariate analysis was performed to identify factors associated with a decreased likelihood of pursuing a career in academic neurosurgery because of the pandemic, a perception that surgical skills preparation was negatively impacted, personal financial concerns, and a preference for remote education. Significant differences in the bivariate analysis underwent further multivariate logistic regression analysis to evaluate for predictors of these outcomes. RESULTS An analysis of complete surveys from 264 residents and fellows (12.7%) and 38 PDs and chairs (17.6%) was performed. Over half of the residents and fellows (50.8%) believed that their surgical skills preparation was negatively impacted by the pandemic, and a notable proportion believed that they were less likely to go into academics because of the pandemic’s impact on their professional (20.8%) and personal (28.8%) life. Those less likely to pursue academics were more likely to report that work-life balance did not improve (p = 0.049), personal financial concerns increased (p = 0.01), and comradery among residents (p = 0.002) and with faculty (p = 0.001) did not improve. Residents who indicated they were less likely to go into academics were also more likely to have been redeployed (p = 0.038). A large majority of PDs and chairs indicated that the pandemic resulted in financial setbacks for their departments (71.1%) and institutions (84.2%), with 52.6% reporting reduced faculty compensation. Financial setbacks at the institutional level were associated with a worsened opinion of hospital leadership (p = 0.019) and reports of a reduced quality of care for non–COVID-19 patients (p = 0.005) but not from faculty member losses (p = 0.515). A plurality of trainees (45.5%) reported a preference for a remote format for educational conferences compared to 37.1% who disagreed. CONCLUSIONS This study provides a cross-section of the pandemic’s impact on academic neurosurgery, highlighting the importance of continued efforts to assess and address the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for US academic neurosurgery.

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Perceptions and reality: surgical critical care training in the time of COVID-19

Hildreth,

Davis,

Ibáñez

et al. 2023

Global Surg Educ

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Recovery of Skill Decay After COVID-19 Redeployments and Implications for Competency Attainment

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The “Loss Years” of Residency Education: Overcoming COVID-19 Learning Gaps among Trainees

The “Loss Years” of Residency Education: Overcoming COVID-19 Learning Gaps among Trainees

An assessment of the long-term impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on academic neurosurgery

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