Reshaping ophthalmology training after COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorFerrara, Mariantonia
dc.contributor.authorRomano, Vito
dc.contributor.authorSteel, David H.
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Rajen
dc.contributor.authorIovino, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorvan Dijk, Elon H. C.
dc.contributor.authorRomano, Mario R.
dc.contributor.authorThe OphthaTraining Group
dc.contributor.authorBorroni, Davide
dc.contributor.institutionRīga Stradiņš University
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-06T15:20:01Z
dc.date.available2021-11-06T15:20:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractBackground: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on practical activities and didactic teaching of residents and fellows. This survey aimed to propose long-term changes for ophthalmology training based on the changes experienced by trainees and their perception of new training opportunities. Methods: An online survey was distributed to ophthalmology trainees in multiple countries. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. Results: A total of 504 analyzable responses were collected from 32 different countries. The current impact of COVID-19 pandemic was described as “severe” by most trainees (55.2%); however, the future perspective was more optimistic as demonstrated by the greater number of responses reporting a presumed “moderate” (37.3%), “mild” (14.1%) or “slight” (4.2%) long-term impact. The vast majority of trainees reported a decrease ≥50% of clinical activity (76.4%) and >75% of surgical activity (74.6%). Although an initial gap in didactic teaching has been experienced by many (55.4%), regular web-based teaching was reportedly attended by 67.7% of the respondents. A strong agreement was found regarding the worthwhile role of web-based case-presentations in clinical training (91.7%), web-based discussion of edited surgical videos (85.7%) and simulation-based practice (86.9%) in surgical training. Conclusions: This survey, focusing on trainees’ perspective, strongly reinforces the need to promptly include new technology-based training tools, such as web-based teaching, virtual surgical simulators, and telementoring, in long-term reorganisation of ophthalmology training to ensure its continuity and effectiveness, which would remain available even in the face of another unpredictable crisis within the health systemen
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.format.extent647125
dc.identifier.citationFerrara, M, Romano, V, Steel, D H, Gupta, R, Iovino, C, van Dijk, E H C, Romano, M R, The OphthaTraining Group & Borroni, D 2020, 'Reshaping ophthalmology training after COVID-19 pandemic', Eye, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 2089-2097. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-020-1061-3
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41433-020-1061-3
dc.identifier.issn0950-222X
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/6799
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEye
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject3.2 Clinical medicine
dc.subject1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
dc.titleReshaping ophthalmology training after COVID-19 pandemicen
dc.type/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/article

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