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COVID-19 and neurosurgical training and education: an Italian perspective

BACKGROUND: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has an impact also on neurosurgical training and education, especially in most affected countries. We surveyed Italian neurosurgical residents, asking them to provide a brief description and analyze the situation t...

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Autores principales: Zoia, Cesare, Raffa, Giovanni, Somma, Teresa, Della Pepa, Giuseppe M., La Rocca, Giuseppe, Zoli, Matteo, Bongetta, Daniele, De Divitiis, Oreste, Fontanella, Marco M.
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Publicado: Springer Vienna 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7302726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32556815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04460-0
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author Zoia, Cesare
Raffa, Giovanni
Somma, Teresa
Della Pepa, Giuseppe M.
La Rocca, Giuseppe
Zoli, Matteo
Bongetta, Daniele
De Divitiis, Oreste
Fontanella, Marco M.
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Raffa, Giovanni
Somma, Teresa
Della Pepa, Giuseppe M.
La Rocca, Giuseppe
Zoli, Matteo
Bongetta, Daniele
De Divitiis, Oreste
Fontanella, Marco M.
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description BACKGROUND: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has an impact also on neurosurgical training and education, especially in most affected countries. We surveyed Italian neurosurgical residents, asking them to provide a brief description and analyze the situation they are experiencing and how the educational system reacted to the pandemic in one of the most affected countries all over the world. METHODS: An 18-question, web-based survey was administered to Italian neurosurgical residents from May 3 to May 11, 2020, by web-link or e-mail invitation. Closed-ended, multiple choice questions were focused on the experience of neurosurgical residents in the last 2 months (from March to May 2020) concerning both clinical and educational aspects. RESULTS: Among 331 Italian neurosurgical residents invited to participate, 192 responded to the survey (58%). According to the participants’ responses, in the whole country, only 29.7% of residents were directly involved in the clinical management of COVID-19 patients. Time spent in the clinic and surgical activity was significantly reduced in most of the cases. Educational activities as well as scientific activity and time spent for studying, on the other hand, were reported to be significantly increased by the majority of respondents. CONCLUSIONS: Most Italian neurosurgical residents reported significant changes on both training and education, highlighting a prompt reaction of the educational system in the whole country, regardless the local and regional diffusion of the pandemic. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s00701-020-04460-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-73027262020-06-19 COVID-19 and neurosurgical training and education: an Italian perspective Zoia, Cesare Raffa, Giovanni Somma, Teresa Della Pepa, Giuseppe M. La Rocca, Giuseppe Zoli, Matteo Bongetta, Daniele De Divitiis, Oreste Fontanella, Marco M. Acta Neurochir (Wien) Original Article - Neurosurgery Training BACKGROUND: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has an impact also on neurosurgical training and education, especially in most affected countries. We surveyed Italian neurosurgical residents, asking them to provide a brief description and analyze the situation they are experiencing and how the educational system reacted to the pandemic in one of the most affected countries all over the world. METHODS: An 18-question, web-based survey was administered to Italian neurosurgical residents from May 3 to May 11, 2020, by web-link or e-mail invitation. Closed-ended, multiple choice questions were focused on the experience of neurosurgical residents in the last 2 months (from March to May 2020) concerning both clinical and educational aspects. RESULTS: Among 331 Italian neurosurgical residents invited to participate, 192 responded to the survey (58%). According to the participants’ responses, in the whole country, only 29.7% of residents were directly involved in the clinical management of COVID-19 patients. Time spent in the clinic and surgical activity was significantly reduced in most of the cases. Educational activities as well as scientific activity and time spent for studying, on the other hand, were reported to be significantly increased by the majority of respondents. CONCLUSIONS: Most Italian neurosurgical residents reported significant changes on both training and education, highlighting a prompt reaction of the educational system in the whole country, regardless the local and regional diffusion of the pandemic. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s00701-020-04460-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Vienna 2020-06-18 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7302726/ /pubmed/32556815 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04460-0 Text en © Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Raffa, Giovanni
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Della Pepa, Giuseppe M.
La Rocca, Giuseppe
Zoli, Matteo
Bongetta, Daniele
De Divitiis, Oreste
Fontanella, Marco M.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32556815
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