Creation of a COVID-19 Based Educational Curriculum: A Blueprint for Redesigning Surgical Education During Times of National Crisis.
Journal
Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches
ISSN: 2691-3593
Titre abrégé: Ann Surg Open
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101769928
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
28
07
2020
accepted:
21
01
2021
medline:
24
2
2021
pubmed:
24
2
2021
entrez:
28
8
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
To create a COVID-19 based educational curriculum for surgical residents. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in disruptions to operative volume and clinical education for surgery residents. This has placed a greater importance on didactic education. However, in the face of pandemic-related uncertainty, focusing on a traditional educational curriculum may be a challenge for surgical residents. A dedicated resident educational team was created. This team identified specific surgical resident needs, evaluated institutional resources, created a curriculum and timeline, determined a feasible implementation format, and assessed resident opinions on the impact of the curriculum via anonymous survey. A 1-month long COVID-19 based curriculum was developed, which covered (1) advanced critical care and resuscitation techniques pertinent to patients with COVID-19, (2) institutional physician experience in the COVID-units, (3) ethical dilemmas in resource management, (4) triaging of operative cases during the pandemic, and (5) published and ongoing COVID-19-related surgical research. In the postimplementation survey, a majority of residents reported that the curriculum helped improve their ability to take care of patients during the pandemic, provided an opportunity for questions, alleviated anxieties and concerns, and that they preferred the COVID-19 curriculum over traditional surgical topics. In the midst of national crisis and significant clinical disruption, real-time adjustments to surgical education can and should occur to address resident needs. The results of our study may serve as a blueprint for implementing rapid change to resident education in the future.
Sections du résumé
Objective
UNASSIGNED
To create a COVID-19 based educational curriculum for surgical residents.
Background Data
UNASSIGNED
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in disruptions to operative volume and clinical education for surgery residents. This has placed a greater importance on didactic education. However, in the face of pandemic-related uncertainty, focusing on a traditional educational curriculum may be a challenge for surgical residents.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
A dedicated resident educational team was created. This team identified specific surgical resident needs, evaluated institutional resources, created a curriculum and timeline, determined a feasible implementation format, and assessed resident opinions on the impact of the curriculum via anonymous survey.
Results
UNASSIGNED
A 1-month long COVID-19 based curriculum was developed, which covered (1) advanced critical care and resuscitation techniques pertinent to patients with COVID-19, (2) institutional physician experience in the COVID-units, (3) ethical dilemmas in resource management, (4) triaging of operative cases during the pandemic, and (5) published and ongoing COVID-19-related surgical research. In the postimplementation survey, a majority of residents reported that the curriculum helped improve their ability to take care of patients during the pandemic, provided an opportunity for questions, alleviated anxieties and concerns, and that they preferred the COVID-19 curriculum over traditional surgical topics.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
In the midst of national crisis and significant clinical disruption, real-time adjustments to surgical education can and should occur to address resident needs. The results of our study may serve as a blueprint for implementing rapid change to resident education in the future.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37638236
doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000042
pmc: PMC10455278
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e042Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
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