Impact of COVID-19 on orthopaedic clinical service, education and research in a university hospital

The medical system of Hong Kong has been heavily affected by COVID-19. Adaptations are necessary to continue clinical care, education, and research, while minimising the risk of infection of our staff and students. Here, we report our early experience in response to the challenge posed by the COVID-...

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Autores principales: Ong, Michael Tim-Yun, Ling, Samuel Ka-Kin, Wong, Ronald Man-Yeung, Ho, Kevin Ki-Wai, Chow, Simon Kwoon-Ho, Cheung, Louis Wing-Hoi, Yung, Patrick Shu-Hang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd on behalf of Chinese Speaking Orthopaedic Society. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7427550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32837910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jot.2020.08.001
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Sumario:The medical system of Hong Kong has been heavily affected by COVID-19. Adaptations are necessary to continue clinical care, education, and research, while minimising the risk of infection of our staff and students. Here, we report our early experience in response to the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. THE TRANSLATIONAL POTENTIAL OF THIS ARTICLE: This perspective can help to disseminate knowledge from an orthopaedic unit in a university hospital on overcoming the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, including clinical practice, education of medical students, and research.

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