Trials and tribulations of young residents fighting COVID‐19

Beyens, Michiel; Verelst, Faro; Moorkens, Greta; Twickler, Marcel Th B

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“…Regarding satisfaction with their emotional well-being and mental health, it is to be noted that 89.5% of the total number of residents reported having cared for patients with COVID-19, of whom 27.7% got infected. Facing a new disease with less medical knowledge, having to wear special protective equipment, managing a high patient load, facing life-and-death decisions and desires, very often through video calls, is a source of psychological stress [ 30 ]. A commonly reported fact is the fear of residents getting the disease themselves [ 30 , 58 – 60 ], which was corroborated in our study, since 50.7% of the residents were constantly afraid of getting the disease and 26.4% felt occasional fear.…”

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“…However, most of them referred to the reduction of clinical activities, especially in surgical specialties [ 19 ] such as general surgery [ 20 ], neurosurgery [ 21 ], otorhinolaryngology [ 22 ], gynecology-obstetrics [ 23 ], urology [ 24 ], orthopedics-trauma [ 25 ], and interventional cardiology [ 26 ], in which emphasis is placed on the reduction or suspension of elective surgeries, visits, or outpatient consultations. Reports on the impact of the pandemic on medical specialties were scarce and, as in surgical specialties, confirmed a reduction in the clinical training or in the strategies adopted, for example, in radiology [ 27 , 28 ], dermatology [ 29 ], internal medicine [ 30 ] and gastroenterology [ 31 ]. Regarding residency in pediatrics or pediatric specialties, there are few publications on training and learning management in the face of the pandemic [ 32 ], or on the creation of a file of previous conferences [ 33 ].…”

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Perception of pediatric residents from a tertiary hospital in the city of México regarding their training during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Backgrounds On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic, which changed the residents’ teaching and learning process. The purpose of this study was to determine residents’ satisfaction and impressions on their training during the pandemic in a tertiary pediatric hospital. Methods This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. An online survey was designed to determine residents’ demographic and personal characteristics, as well as their perception about the theoretical and practical training, as well as about their emotional situation. The analysis separated medical students from surgical students in order to identify any differences existing between these groups, for which χ2 was calculated. Results Overall, 148 of 171 residents (86.5%) responded to the questionnaire; 75% belonged to the medical specialty and 25% to the surgical specialty. Statistically significant differences were found in terms of those training aspects they were concerned about during the pandemic (p < 0.001) and about the difficulties associated with online learning (p = 0.001). Differences were also found regarding their satisfaction toward the time needed to complete their thesis (p = 0.059) and activities outside the hospital (p = 0.029). Regarding their degree of satisfaction in general, most medical specialty students felt slightly satisfied (43.2%) and surgical specialty students felt mostly neutral (37.8%). Regarding their feelings about their mental health, statistically significant differences were found between both groups (p = 0.038) although both groups reported the same percentage of overall dissatisfaction (2.7%) in this area. Conclusion The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant challenges to medical education systems. Lack of practice in decision-making and maneuver execution are concerns for residents and may affect their future professional performance.

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Perception of pediatric residents from a tertiary hospital in the city of México regarding their training during the COVID-19 pandemic

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“…DHPs are in a state of anxiety and fear, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic ( 14 ). Anxiety stems from the epidemiological factors of COVID-19 and, also, from the economic factors caused by income reduction, with some DHPs, including dental residents, reporting concerns with their professional future ( 24 , 25 ). Dental residents are not a separate entity but future dentists.…”

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Perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infection containment training and mental state of dental residents in China: A longitudinal study

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BackgroundCOVID-19 has presented a challenge for dental settings and dental schools: how to continue providing dental care and maintain education during the pandemic while remaining healthy. We highlight the necessity of infection containment control training for dental residents and rethink the tasks of safeguarding trainees' health and cultivating their abilities to deal with public health crises in the future. This paper may also serve as a health policy reference for policy makers.ObjectiveThe study aimed to compare the formats, frequency, contents, emphasis, and test scores of infection containment control training pre- and post-pandemic. Besides, after the COVID-19 outbreak, we assessed the increased anxiety level, communication difficulties, and confidence of dental residents impacted by the pandemic.MethodsA total of 251 dental residents in Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University were recruited to complete a questionnaire of their routine involvement in infection control training before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. A self-designed 10-point Likert scale was used to assess the increased anxiety level, communication difficulties, and confidence in facing with the future public health crisis impacted by the pandemic.ResultsAfter the outbreak, although more trainees chose online assessment than offline assessment, most of them (74.90%) still preferred in-person training rather than online training. Contents that trainees had been focusing on were affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Thereafter, they were more inclined to learn crisis management. Over half of the participants (56.17%) participated in training more frequently after the outbreak. However, postgraduate students participated in training less frequently than others after the outbreak (p < 0.01). First-year trainees accounted for the majority in the population who emphasized considerably on infection control training and whose test scores had increased after the outbreak. In addition, the percentage of women scoring increasingly in post-pandemic assessment was significantly higher than that of men. In this study, the average increased anxiety level caused by COVID-19 was 5.51 ± 2.984, which was positively related to communication difficulties with patients caused by the pandemic. The trainees whose homes were located in Hubei Province showed higher increased anxiety levels (8.29 ± 2.93) impacted by the pandemic than the trainees from other provinces (p < 0.05). However, the former's confidence in coping with future public health crises was not significantly different from that of others (p > 0.05).ConclusionsOwing to the impact of COVID-19, the contents that the trainees focused on, frequency, emphasis, and test scores of infection containment control training were changed. Some recommendations have been provided for policy makers to attach importance to crisis-based training to cultivate dental residents in the post-pandemic era.

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“…Considering that geriatricians are trained in the care of frail older adults, geriatric medicine should thus be a natural and fitting specialty for older people suffering from COVID-19 [ 9 ]. The overload with work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the multitude of patients’ experiencing incurable suffering and death [ 10 ], increased the likelihood in experiencing significant impact on both a professional and personal level. Disruptions in postgraduate medical training and research were reported in different medical fields [ 11 , 12 ].…”

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The experiences of early career geriatricians throughout Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Key summary points Aim To assess the experiences of early career geriatricians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings The respondents reported moderate levels of anxiety, work overload, and strong disruption in their work routine and private lives. Message Many early career geriatricians throughout Europe were involved as frontline workers in the care of older adults with COVID-19, and experienced a major impact on their professional and private lives. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41999-021-00605-1.

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Trials and tribulations of young residents fighting COVID‐19

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Perception of pediatric residents from a tertiary hospital in the city of México regarding their training during the COVID-19 pandemic

Perception of pediatric residents from a tertiary hospital in the city of México regarding their training during the COVID-19 pandemic

Perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infection containment training and mental state of dental residents in China: A longitudinal study

The experiences of early career geriatricians throughout Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic

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