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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmic specialist training in Poland
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on ophthalmology residency training in Poland. An anonymous self-administered online survey involving polish ophthalmology residents was conducted between February 15 and 28, 2021. Of the 126 residen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34559855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257876 |
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author | Konopińska, Joanna Obuchowska, Iwona Lisowski, Łukasz Dub, Natalia Dmuchowska, Diana Anna Rękas, Marek |
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description | The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on ophthalmology residency training in Poland. An anonymous self-administered online survey involving polish ophthalmology residents was conducted between February 15 and 28, 2021. Of the 126 residents who completed the survey, 88.9% (n = 112) and 89.7% (n = 113) felt that the COVID-19 pandemic had negatively impacted their surgical training and overall training programs, respectively. Trainees providing care to patients with COVID-19 and female trainees indicated a greater negative impact of the pandemic on the implementation of the specialization program (p = 0.008 and p = 0.015, respectively) and on the acquisition of practical skills (p = 0.014 and p = 0.021, respectively). Approximately 94% (n = 118) of the residents surveyed participated in virtual training during the pandemic, and 99.2% (n = 124) positively assessed the content and usefulness of online teaching in everyday clinical practice. The most common platforms used for online meetings were Zoom (62.7%, n = 79) and Microsoft Teams (50.8%, n = 64). Approximately 79% (n = 99) of residents believed that, after the pandemic is over, at least some of the training courses and conferences should be conducted online. In addition, 13.5% (n = 17) of residents reported that they would like to undergo training and specialization courses in virtual form only after the pandemic is over. In summary, the present findings indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the implementation of the ophthalmology specialization program in Poland, with the greatest impact on surgical training. Trainees providing care to patients with COVID-19 are more likely to negatively assess the impact of the pandemic on the training process. Replacing traditional training with virtual methods was positively received by residents and considered very useful, and most residents reported a desire to maintain virtual training in ophthalmology in the future. |
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spelling | pubmed-84626802021-09-25 Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmic specialist training in Poland Konopińska, Joanna Obuchowska, Iwona Lisowski, Łukasz Dub, Natalia Dmuchowska, Diana Anna Rękas, Marek PLoS One Research Article The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on ophthalmology residency training in Poland. An anonymous self-administered online survey involving polish ophthalmology residents was conducted between February 15 and 28, 2021. Of the 126 residents who completed the survey, 88.9% (n = 112) and 89.7% (n = 113) felt that the COVID-19 pandemic had negatively impacted their surgical training and overall training programs, respectively. Trainees providing care to patients with COVID-19 and female trainees indicated a greater negative impact of the pandemic on the implementation of the specialization program (p = 0.008 and p = 0.015, respectively) and on the acquisition of practical skills (p = 0.014 and p = 0.021, respectively). Approximately 94% (n = 118) of the residents surveyed participated in virtual training during the pandemic, and 99.2% (n = 124) positively assessed the content and usefulness of online teaching in everyday clinical practice. The most common platforms used for online meetings were Zoom (62.7%, n = 79) and Microsoft Teams (50.8%, n = 64). Approximately 79% (n = 99) of residents believed that, after the pandemic is over, at least some of the training courses and conferences should be conducted online. In addition, 13.5% (n = 17) of residents reported that they would like to undergo training and specialization courses in virtual form only after the pandemic is over. In summary, the present findings indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the implementation of the ophthalmology specialization program in Poland, with the greatest impact on surgical training. Trainees providing care to patients with COVID-19 are more likely to negatively assess the impact of the pandemic on the training process. Replacing traditional training with virtual methods was positively received by residents and considered very useful, and most residents reported a desire to maintain virtual training in ophthalmology in the future. Public Library of Science 2021-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8462680/ /pubmed/34559855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257876 Text en © 2021 Konopińska et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Konopińska, Joanna Obuchowska, Iwona Lisowski, Łukasz Dub, Natalia Dmuchowska, Diana Anna Rękas, Marek Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmic specialist training in Poland |
title | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmic specialist training in Poland |
title_full | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmic specialist training in Poland |
title_fullStr | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmic specialist training in Poland |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmic specialist training in Poland |
title_short | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmic specialist training in Poland |
title_sort | impact of the covid-19 pandemic on ophthalmic specialist training in poland |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34559855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257876 |
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